26.5% ▲ +18.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Highclere · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Highclere
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Highclere has remained consistently low compared to broader trends, with only 3% of adults holding a university degree. This makes it an area where few residents have reached the highest levels of schooling or formal qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.5% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Tasmania figure of 47.1% and the national rate of 58.8%. The most common highest year of school reached here is Year 10 at 40.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Highclere, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (28%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are very rare at 3.0%, a figure far below both the state and national averages. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 56.9% of adults.
3.0% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Highclere, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 83%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 10%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 24.1%, followed by Architecture and building at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is smaller than most other schools and has an average advantage score that is much lower than most areas.
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).
110
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
911
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 Highclere
1 school — 110 students, average ICSEA 911.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Ridgley Primary School, Ridgley | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 110 | 911 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Highclere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60272/highclere/topic/education