42.4% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Plenty · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Plenty
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Plenty, held by 36.8% of adults. This is an area where fewer people have finished high school or earned university degrees compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and far below the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Plenty, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most areas, with only 13.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, well below the state's 21.9%.
13.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 Plenty, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Postgraduate degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (27%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often linked to agriculture and the environment (23.7%) or society and culture (21.1%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three primary schools within 3km of the area, though they are smaller than most and have a much lower advantage score than other areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
210
Lower than 62% 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 Plenty
3 schools — 630 students, average ICSEA 914.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3
| Fairview Primary School, New Norfolk | Government | Primary | 7.5 km | 235 | 889 |
| St Brigid's Catholic School, New Norfolk | Catholic | Primary | 8.1 km | 187 | 969 |
| New Norfolk Primary School, New Norfolk | Government | Primary | 8.6 km | 208 | 894 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Plenty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60508/plenty/topic/education