47.0% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mowbray · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mowbray
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Twenty-one schools within 3 kilometres make Mowbray one of the most school-dense areas of its kind. While university degrees are more common here than in most similar places, school completion rates lag significantly behind the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 47%, have finished Year 12. This is about the same as the Tasmania figure, but far below the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mowbray, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is more common than in most similar areas. This rate matches the state average but remains well below the national figure.
21.9% ▲ +110.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 Mowbray, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 35%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Postgraduate degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 21.2%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.4% and society and culture at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
With 21 schools nearby, this area has more schools than about 90% of similar places. Most of these are government run (61.9%) and about half are primary schools.
2.92
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
21
Higher than 87% 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).
397
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mowbray
21 schools — 8,328 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 13 · Independent 5 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 11 · Secondary 6 · Combined 4
| Mowbray Heights Primary School, Mowbray | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 494 | 925 |
| Launceston Church Grammar School, Mowbray | Independent | Secondary | 1.8 km | 723 | 1,094 |
| St Finn Barr's Catholic Primary School, Invermay | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 282 | 984 |
| East Tamar Primary School, Mayfield | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 336 | 863 |
| Invermay Primary School, Invermay | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 295 | 925 |
| Ravenswood Heights Primary School, Ravenswood | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 264 | 829 |
| Australian Christian College - Launceston, Newnham | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 129 | 1,011 |
| Launceston Big Picture School, Invermay | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 95 | 1,000 |
| Northern Support School, Ravenswood | Government | Combined | 2.9 km | 107 | 931 |
| Newstead College, Newstead | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 422 | 947 |
| Brooks High School, Rocherlea | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 451 | 886 |
| The Launceston Preparatory School, Launceston | Independent | Primary | 3.8 km | 112 | 1,143 |
| Newstead Christian School, Newstead | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 93 | 1,080 |
| Riverside Primary School, Riverside | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 673 | 1,018 |
| Riverside High School, Riverside | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 624 | 1,009 |
| Launceston College, Launceston | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 1,368 | 986 |
| East Launceston Primary School, East Launceston | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 501 | 1,046 |
| St Anthony's Catholic School, Riverside | Catholic | Primary | 4.6 km | 180 | 1,026 |
| Waverley Primary School, Waverley | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 122 | 870 |
| St Thomas More's Catholic School, Newstead | Catholic | Primary | 4.7 km | 315 | 1,033 |
| Launceston Christian School, Riverside | Independent | Combined | 4.9 km | 742 | 1,070 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mowbray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60437/mowbray/topic/education