47.0% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Midway Point · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Midway Point
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Midway Point compared to the national figure, with only 47% completing Year 12. This gap reflects a broader trend in the area where qualifications are well below state and national levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 47% of residents finished Year 12, which is about the same as the Tasmanian figure but far below the Australian average. Many others stopped after Year 10, which 30.8% of the population did.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Midway Point, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 11 (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.5% of the area, a figure well below both the state and national averages. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.1% of residents.
16.5% ▲ +77.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 Midway Point, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Management and commerce is the most common field of study at 21%, followed by society and culture at 13.2% and engineering at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government school within 3km that is larger than most in similar areas. This school has an advantage score of 924, which is much lower than most 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).
792
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
924
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Midway Point
1 school — 792 students, average ICSEA 924.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Sorell School, Sorell | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 792 | 924 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Midway Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60404/midway-point/topic/education