39.7% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Loira · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Loira
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Loira finished high school than in most other areas, with only 39.7% completing Year 12. This gap is most evident when compared to the national figure of 58.8%, suggesting a local workforce with more varied educational backgrounds.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are well below the Tasmanian average and far below the national figure. About 35.5% of residents stopped after Year 10, and 9.9% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Loira splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 12.3% of adults, which is well below the state average. Nearly half of the qualified population hold a Certificate III or IV, representing the most common qualification level.
12.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Loira, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related topics at 20.2%, followed by Health at 16.7%. Education and Management and commerce both account for 10.7% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation that is more common here than in about 59% of similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Loira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60347/loira/topic/education