59.2% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.5%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mountain River · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mountain River
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 60% of adults in Mountain River finished Year 12, making it a highly educated area. This strong school completion rate is reflected in a workforce where over 31% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 59.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far above the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and about the same as the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mountain River, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common here, with 31.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the 21.9% seen across Tasmania and the 26.3% national figure.
31.3% ▲ +51.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Mountain River splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (34%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 16.5%, followed closely by management and commerce at 15.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mountain River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60436/mountain-river/topic/education