32.8% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gretna · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gretna
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school or university in Gretna than in most other similar areas. Only 32.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This pattern extends to higher education, with only 6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than across Tasmania, where the rate is 47.1%. About 30.3% of residents finished Year 10, while 16.4% left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Gretna splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 6% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43% of residents.
6.0% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Gretna, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Bachelor degree is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most frequent fields of study are management and commerce and society and culture, both at 14%. Engineering and related fields follow at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Gretna has one government combined school, which is smaller than most areas. This school has an average advantage score of 890, placing it among the lowest at this level.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
203
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
890
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gretna
1 school — 203 students, average ICSEA 890.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Glenora District School, Glenora | Government | Combined | 8.8 km | 203 | 890 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gretna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60252/gretna/topic/education