37.6% ▲ +35.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Liffey · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Liffey
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 37.6% of people in Liffey have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in basic schooling is striking, though a higher than usual proportion of adults hold university degrees compared to similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The rate of Year 12 completion is well below the Tasmanian figure, with 29.1% of residents having reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Liffey, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 11 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 18.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher—a rate higher than most similar areas—this remains well below the national average.
18.1% ▲ +57.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 Liffey, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 32%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Liffey are most commonly in agriculture and environment (13.4%) and engineering (11.0%), followed by health at 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most other schools with an average size of 59 students.
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).
59
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Liffey
1 school — 59 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bracknell Primary School, Bracknell | Government | Primary | 10.6 km | 59 | 950 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Liffey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60338/liffey/topic/education