41.3% ▲ +70.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Goodwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Goodwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More adults in Goodwood hold university degrees than in most similar areas, despite a lower rate of school completion. While 17.7% have a bachelor degree or higher, only 41.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well below the Tasmanian average at 41.3%. This is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia, with 26.4% of people finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Goodwood, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 17.7% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.9% of residents.
17.7% ▲ +335.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Goodwood, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Postgraduate degree (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Management and commerce is the most common field of study at 23.2%, followed by society and culture at 15.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 13 schools within 3km, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. Most of these are government schools (69.2%), though the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
347
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
961
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Goodwood
13 schools — 4,508 students, average ICSEA 961.
By sector: Government 9 · Independent 2 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 5 · Combined 1
| Goodwood Primary School, Derwent Park | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 101 | 861 |
| Moonah Primary School, Derwent Park | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 214 | 942 |
| Indie School - Glenorchy, Glenorchy | Independent | Secondary | 1.3 km | 270 | 947 |
| Cosgrove High School, Glenorchy | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 313 | 867 |
| Guilford Young College, Glenorchy | Catholic | Secondary | 2.1 km | 839 | 1,020 |
| Glenorchy Primary School, Glenorchy | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 261 | 896 |
| St Therese's Catholic School, Moonah | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 207 | 1,035 |
| Montrose Bay High School, Rosetta | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 498 | 903 |
| Bowen Road Primary School, Moonah | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 212 | 973 |
| Springfield Gardens Primary School, West Moonah | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 192 | 918 |
| Rosetta Primary School, Rosetta | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 309 | 965 |
| Hilliard Christian School, West Moonah | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 248 | 1,012 |
| Hobart City High School, New Town | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 844 | 987 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Goodwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60238/goodwood/topic/education