37.9% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Northdown · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Northdown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all qualified adults in Northdown hold a Certificate III or IV. This is a community where university degrees are far less common than the state and national figures, and the typical person is less likely to have finished high school.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and far below the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →Northdown splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 11 at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 11.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below both the state and national levels.
11.3% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Northdown, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 23.8%, followed by Health and Management at 13.8% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two primary schools, both of which are government-run, and these schools are around the middle for their size and advantage scores.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
228
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
985
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Northdown
2 schools — 455 students, average ICSEA 985.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Port Sorell Primary School, Port Sorell | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 279 | 994 |
| Andrews Creek Primary School, Wesley Vale | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 176 | 972 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Northdown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60463/northdown/topic/education