57.7% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lower Wattle Grove · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lower Wattle Grove
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of learning have become more common in Lower Wattle Grove, where 35.4% of adults now hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the Tasmanian figure and well above the national average. Most residents have a strong educational foundation, with a high proportion completing their secondary schooling.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents finished Year 12, a figure far above the Tasmania average and just a little below the national rate. Only 14.1% of the population left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lower Wattle Grove, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are very common here, with postgraduate degrees held by 29.3% of adults. This level of higher education is much higher than most similar areas.
35.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 35.4%
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 Wattle Grove splits fairly evenly between Postgraduate degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Bachelor degree at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 25.9%, followed by society and culture at 22.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is smaller than the average school size found in most 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).
190
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
Lower than 64% 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 Wattle Grove
1 school — 190 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cygnet Primary School, Cygnet | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 190 | 968 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lower Wattle Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60364/lower-wattle-grove/topic/education