37.8% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lower Barrington · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lower Barrington
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Lower Barrington compared to the rest of the country. Only 37.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. This gap in basic schooling is mirrored in higher education, with fewer people holding university degrees than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is less common here than in most areas, sitting well below the Tasmanian rate of 47.1%. About 37.4% of residents left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Lower Barrington splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.9% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.8% of residents.
15.9% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 Lower Barrington, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 15.6%. Management, commerce, society, and culture each account for 10.4% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lower Barrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60358/lower-barrington/topic/education