25.2% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Direction · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Direction
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 25.2% of people in Mount Direction have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is an area where few adults hold university degrees, and most residents have not completed high school.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only about a quarter of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Tasmanian average of 47.1%. The most common highest year of school completed here is Year 10, at 42.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Direction, Year 10 is the majority at 50%; Year 12 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in the area, with only 5.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, more than half of the community—57.6%—have a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification.
5.7% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Mount Direction, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 73%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 21.2%, followed by architecture and building at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
0
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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Direction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60426/mount-direction/topic/education