31.5% ▲ +105.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hayes · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hayes
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Hayes hold high-level qualifications than in most other similar areas. Only 31.5% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1%. This pattern of lower formal education is seen across the community, from school completion rates to university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.5% of residents finished Year 12, a result far below the national figure of 58.8%. Many people left school earlier, with 29.3% completing Year 10 and 22.8% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Hayes splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (34%) and Year 10 (32%), with Year 9 or below at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with just 5.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia, while trade-based certificates are more typical, held by 31.1% of people.
5.4% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Hayes, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (33%) and Bachelor degree (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields. Engineering and management are the most common at 15.6% each, followed by health and society and culture at 13.3% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Three primary schools are located within 3km, though the average school size is 210 students, which is lower than most areas. The average school advantage score of 914 is also much lower than most similar areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
210
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
914
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hayes
3 schools — 630 students, average ICSEA 914.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3
| Fairview Primary School, New Norfolk | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 235 | 889 |
| St Brigid's Catholic School, New Norfolk | Catholic | Primary | 6.7 km | 187 | 969 |
| New Norfolk Primary School, New Norfolk | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 208 | 894 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hayes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60265/hayes/topic/education