75.5% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.2%
- 2016: 71.7%
- 2021: 75.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Nelson · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Nelson
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all adults in Mount Nelson hold a bachelor degree or higher, making it one of the most highly educated areas in the region. This strong academic profile is reflected in the fact that 75.5% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far above both the state and national levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is very common here, with 75.5% of residents doing so. This is far above the 47.1% seen in Tasmania and 58.8% across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Nelson, Year 12 is the majority at 79%; Year 10 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a very high proportion of university graduates, with 49.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the national figure of 26.3% and the state's 21.9%.
49.9% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 49.9%
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 Nelson, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Postgraduate degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 19.4%, followed by society and culture at 15.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are generally larger than those in most similar areas, with an average size of 542. There are 16 schools within 3 km, and most are government-run at 68.8%.
4.26
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
542
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,108
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Nelson
16 schools — 8,670 students, average ICSEA 1,108.
By sector: Government 11 · Independent 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 9 · Combined 5 · Secondary 2
| Mount Nelson Primary School, Mount Nelson | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 233 | 1,107 |
| Hobart College, Mount Nelson | Government | Secondary | 0.9 km | 1,369 | 1,049 |
| Waimea Heights Primary School, Sandy Bay | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 359 | 1,135 |
| The Hutchins School, Sandy Bay | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 986 | 1,140 |
| Mount Carmel College, Sandy Bay | Catholic | Combined | 1.9 km | 572 | 1,077 |
| Fahan School, Sandy Bay | Independent | Combined | 2.0 km | 419 | 1,154 |
| Sandy Bay Infant School, Sandy Bay | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 84 | 1,131 |
| Princes Street Primary School, Sandy Bay | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 343 | 1,150 |
| Albuera Street Primary School, Battery Point | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 252 | 1,133 |
| Taroona Primary School, Taroona | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 274 | 1,149 |
| South Hobart Primary School, South Hobart | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 436 | 1,137 |
| St Michael's Collegiate School, Hobart | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 636 | 1,125 |
| Taroona High School, Taroona | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 1,134 | 1,119 |
| Goulburn Street Primary School, West Hobart | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 218 | 1,112 |
| St Mary's College, Hobart | Catholic | Combined | 4.2 km | 951 | 1,069 |
| Lansdowne Crescent Primary School, West Hobart | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 404 | 1,130 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Nelson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60430/mount-nelson/topic/education