59.0% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Margate · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Margate
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher levels of education than most similar areas define Margate. The typical resident is well-qualified, with 59% finishing Year 12 and over a quarter of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far above the Tasmanian figure at 59%, which is about the same as the national rate.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Margate, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 26.5% of the population, a figure well above the state average.
26.5% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 26.5%
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 Margate, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 15%, followed by engineering at 14.5% and society and culture at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an advantage score much higher than most areas, though there are fewer schools per child than in similar places.
2.09
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
439
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,051
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Margate
9 schools — 3,952 students, average ICSEA 1,051.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 6 · Combined 3
| Margate Primary School, Margate | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 364 | 1,014 |
| Channel Christian School, Margate | Independent | Primary | 3.3 km | 150 | 1,092 |
| Snug Primary School, Snug | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 323 | 1,005 |
| St Aloysius Catholic College, Huntingfield | Catholic | Combined | 5.7 km | 1,120 | 1,018 |
| Tarremah Steiner School, Huntingfield | Independent | Combined | 5.7 km | 247 | 1,128 |
| Southern Christian College, Kingston | Independent | Combined | 7.4 km | 312 | 1,059 |
| Illawarra Primary School, Blackmans Bay | Government | Primary | 7.5 km | 391 | 1,082 |
| Calvin Christian School, Kingston | Independent | Primary | 7.9 km | 788 | 1,088 |
| Blackmans Bay Primary School, Blackmans Bay | Government | Primary | 8.0 km | 257 | 1,035 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Margate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60382/margate/topic/education