50.4% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Penna · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Penna
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of residents in Penna have now finished Year 12, reflecting a steady climb in schooling levels since 2011. While the area has more graduates than many similar places, it still trails the national average for both school and university completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 50.4% of people completed Year 12, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% but well below the Australian average of 58.8%. Roughly 27.5% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Penna, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.1% of the population, a figure higher than most similar areas but well below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.6% of residents.
18.1% ▲ +39.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 Penna, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are diverse, with Engineering and related fields being the most common at 16.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3km of the area, which is more than 66% of similar places. These schools are larger than most in the region, though their average advantage score is much lower than other areas.
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).
542
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
947
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Penna
2 schools — 1,083 students, average ICSEA 947.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Sorell School, Sorell | Government | Combined | 5.5 km | 792 | 924 |
| St John's Catholic School, Richmond | Catholic | Primary | 6.0 km | 291 | 1,010 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Penna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60502/penna/topic/education