31.4% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mole Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mole Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Year 10 is the most common highest level of schooling reached in Mole Creek, where only 31.4% of residents finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Overall, the area has a lower level of formal qualifications compared to most other regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 36%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Mole Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.6% of the population, which is far below the national average of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification held at 34.5%.
11.6% ▲ +38.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Mole Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are Engineering and related subjects at 15.9%, followed by Society and Culture at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school. While the average school size of 67 is much lower than most areas, there are 14.71 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas.
14.71
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
67
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
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 Mole Creek
1 school — 67 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mole Creek Primary School, Mole Creek | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 67 | 950 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mole Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60409/mole-creek/topic/education