54.8% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lower Snug · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lower Snug
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people hold high-level qualifications in Lower Snug than in most similar areas. About 29% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 54.8%, a figure that is well above the Tasmanian average but well below the national rate of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lower Snug, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is highly qualified, with 29% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.
29.0% ▲ +48.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Lower Snug splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (30%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 18%, followed by engineering and related fields at 16.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas.
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).
323
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,005
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lower Snug
1 school — 323 students, average ICSEA 1,005.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Snug Primary School, Snug | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 323 | 1,005 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lower Snug [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60362/lower-snug/topic/education