29.9% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Oatlands · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Oatlands
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 29.9% of residents in Oatlands have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This suggests a local workforce with fewer formal school and university qualifications than people in other parts of Tasmania and Australia. Many adults here hold trade certificates rather than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are much lower than most areas, with only 29.9% finishing Year 12. This is far below the 47.1% seen across Tasmania and the 58.8% national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →Oatlands splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, as only 10.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the state and national figures, though 30.8% of residents have earned a Certificate III or IV.
10.8% ▲ +29.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Oatlands, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with management, commerce, society and culture, and engineering each accounting for around 10% to 11% of degrees and certificates.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Oatlands has a high number of schools per 1,000 children compared to most areas. The local school is a government-run combined primary and secondary facility with a much lower advantage score than most areas.
12.99
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
198
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
914
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Oatlands
1 school — 198 students, average ICSEA 914.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Oatlands District High School, Oatlands | Government | Combined | 5.0 km | 198 | 914 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Oatlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60473/oatlands/topic/education