35.1% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Karoola · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Karoola
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35.1% of residents in Karoola finished Year 12, a figure far below the Tasmanian and national averages. While university degrees are more common here than in many similar areas, a large portion of the population left school around Year 10.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with 37.1% of people listing Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Karoola splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 11 at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.2% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Tasmanian and Australian averages. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.2% of residents.
17.2% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 Karoola, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering at 20.9% and management and commerce at 14.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government school within 3km of the area, though it has a school advantage score that is much lower than most similar 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).
291
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
939
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Karoola
1 school — 291 students, average ICSEA 939.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Lilydale District School, Lilydale | Government | Combined | 6.4 km | 291 | 939 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Karoola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60297/karoola/topic/education