39.2% ▲ +56.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Miandetta · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Miandetta
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Miandetta finished high school compared to most similar areas. Only 39.2% of people completed Year 12, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1%. This gap in schooling is mirrored in higher education, with the proportion of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher sitting far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is low at 39.2%, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. About 38.3% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 9.7% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Miandetta splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 13.7%, which is well below the state average. Trade qualifications are common here, with 44.1% of the highest qualifications being a Certificate III or IV.
13.7% ▲ +70.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 Miandetta, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Miandetta most commonly studied management and commerce (18.2%) or engineering (17.6%). Other frequent fields include society and culture at 13.1% and health at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 13 schools within 3km, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. Most are government schools (69.2%), and the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
2.93
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
367
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
951
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Miandetta
13 schools — 4,769 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 2 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 5
| Miandetta Primary School, Miandetta | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 322 | 950 |
| Reece High School, Devonport | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 520 | 921 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, Devonport | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 385 | 1,014 |
| Devonport Primary School, Devonport | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 240 | 914 |
| Spreyton Primary School, Spreyton | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 304 | 946 |
| Hillcrest Primary School, Devonport | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 211 | 912 |
| Devonport High School, Devonport | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 342 | 939 |
| Indie School - Devonport, Devonport | Independent | Secondary | 2.2 km | 312 | 906 |
| East Devonport Primary School, East Devonport | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 198 | 834 |
| Nixon Street Primary School, Devonport | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 320 | 921 |
| Devonport Christian School, Don | Independent | Primary | 2.9 km | 377 | 1,009 |
| St Brendan-Shaw College, Devonport | Catholic | Secondary | 3.3 km | 566 | 1,014 |
| Don College, Devonport | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 672 | 959 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Miandetta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60401/miandetta/topic/education