37.4% ▲ +50.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Perth · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Perth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 37.4% of residents in Perth (Tas.) have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap is mirrored in higher education, where the town has much lower qualification rates than most similar areas. Most adults here hold vocational certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well below the Tasmanian figure and far below the rest of Australia. About 37.6% of people listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Perth splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below both the state and national figures. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 47.1% of residents.
11.8% ▲ +82.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Perth, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Management and Commerce at 17.1% and Engineering at 16.8%. Health and Society and Culture also make up significant shares of the local study fields.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a much lower number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar places. Both of the local schools are government-run primary schools, and they have a lower average advantage score than most areas.
1.51
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
264
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Perth
2 schools — 527 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Perth Primary School, Perth | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 297 | 972 |
| Longford Primary School, Longford | Government | Primary | 7.7 km | 230 | 921 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60503/perth/topic/education