28.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lillico · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lillico
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Lillico compared to most other similar areas. Only 28.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national and state figures. This trend is matched by a lack of higher education, with no adults in the area holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of people who finished Year 12 is far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and the Australian figure of 58.8%. A third of residents left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Lillico splits fairly evenly between Year 9 or below (35%) and Year 12 (30%), with Year 10 at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Lillico hold a bachelor degree or higher, placing the area among the lowest for this qualification level compared to the rest of the country.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 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 Lillico, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 75%, ahead of Management & commerce (75%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are six schools within 3 km, which is more than 77% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, with an average school size of 393 students.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
393
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
977
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lillico
6 schools — 2,359 students, average ICSEA 977.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 2
| Devonport Christian School, Don | Independent | Primary | 2.9 km | 377 | 1,009 |
| Don College, Devonport | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 672 | 959 |
| Hillcrest Primary School, Devonport | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 211 | 912 |
| Nixon Street Primary School, Devonport | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 320 | 921 |
| St Brendan-Shaw College, Devonport | Catholic | Secondary | 4.3 km | 566 | 1,014 |
| Forth Primary School, Forth | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 213 | 1,025 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lillico [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60340/lillico/topic/education