42.4% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hawley Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hawley Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A high proportion of adults in Hawley Beach hold university degrees, with 27.4% having a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Tasmanian figure and slightly higher than the national average. While many adults have reached these higher levels of study, fewer people in the area have completed Year 12 compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.4% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. This is also well below the state figure of 47.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hawley Beach, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a high rate of higher education, with 27.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or more. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.1% of residents.
27.4% ▲ +47.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 27.4%
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 Hawley Beach, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 33%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Hawley Beach are spread across several fields. Management and commerce are the most common at 17.8%, followed by health at 15.5% and education at 15.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3km of the area, which is more than about 59% of similar areas. This school is government-run and has a typical size of 279 students.
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).
279
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
994
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hawley Beach
1 school — 279 students, average ICSEA 994.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Port Sorell Primary School, Port Sorell | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 279 | 994 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hawley Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60264/hawley-beach/topic/education