14.3% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Herrick · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Herrick
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents in Herrick have completed high school or university, placing the area among the lowest for education levels. Only 14.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Most people in Herrick left school early, with 42.9% finishing at Year 10 and 31.4% leaving at Year 9 or below. The 14.3% who completed Year 12 is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Herrick, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 9 or below (31%) and Year 12 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher. This 0.0% rate is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Herrick, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 18%, ahead of Health (18%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government school, which is smaller than most schools in similar areas. This school has an advantage score of 859, which is 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).
111
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
859
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Herrick
1 school — 111 students, average ICSEA 859.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Winnaleah District High School, Winnaleah | Government | Combined | 4.9 km | 111 | 859 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Herrick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60270/herrick/topic/education