39.5% ▲ +39.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Honeywood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Honeywood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 19 percentage points separates Honeywood from the national average in Year 12 completion. This is a place where few adults have university degrees, and schooling levels are well below both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is well below the Tasmania figure of 47.1% and far below the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →Honeywood splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 11 at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon here, with only 12.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though over half of residents have a Certificate III or IV.
12.1% ▲ +50.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
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 Honeywood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 25.2% and Management and Commerce at 21.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 8 schools within 3km, which is more than 80% of similar areas. Most are government primary schools, though the average school advantage score is among the lowest for its level.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
236
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
856
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 Honeywood
8 schools — 1,886 students, average ICSEA 856.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 2
| JRLF - Gagebrook Primary School, Gagebrook | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 123 | 787 |
| JRLF - Herdsmans Cove Primary School, Herdsmans Cove | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 144 | 772 |
| St Paul's Catholic School, Bridgewater | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 178 | 895 |
| JRLF - East Derwent Primary School, Bridgewater | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 337 | 800 |
| Brighton Primary School, Brighton | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 507 | 910 |
| Brighton High School, Brighton | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 133 | 921 |
| JRLF - Senior School, Bridgewater | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 315 | 800 |
| Northern Christian School, Bridgewater | Independent | Primary | 4.9 km | 149 | 952 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Honeywood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60279/honeywood/topic/education