43.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Loorana · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Loorana
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of the residents in Loorana finished Year 12, leaving a significant gap compared to the rest of the country. This trend continues into higher education, where those with a university degree are far fewer than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.1% of people completed Year 12, which is well below the 47.1% seen in Tasmania and far below the Australian average of 58.8%. Other common highest school years include Year 10 at 25.7% and Year 9 or below at 10.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Loorana, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.5% of the population, which is well below the state and far below the national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.6% of residents.
12.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 Loorana, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Loorana are most often in management and commerce at 17.7%, followed by engineering at 16.1% and education at 14.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government school within 3km, which is a combined primary and secondary school. This school is smaller than most in similar areas, with an average size of 170 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).
170
Lower than 66% 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 Loorana
1 school — 170 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| King Island District High School, Currie | Government | Combined | 9.7 km | 170 | 950 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Loorana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60354/loorana/topic/education