34.4% ▲ +105.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maydena · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Maydena
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 8% of adults in Maydena hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This represents a community where formal higher education is much less common than in most other Australian areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the Tasmanian and national figures, with only 34.4% of residents finishing Year 12. Around 24.8% of people listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Maydena, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, as the 8% bachelor degree rate is far below the 26.3% national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.5% of adults.
8.0% ▲ +56.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Maydena, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 17%, followed by Education at 12.5% and Management and commerce at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3km of the area, making it smaller 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Maydena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60389/maydena/topic/education