37.5% ▲ +41.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pontville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pontville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all qualified adults in Pontville hold a Certificate III or IV. This is a place where fewer people have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state and country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and far below the national rate of 58.8%. Around 37.3% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Pontville splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 11 at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 11.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below both the state average of 21.9% and the national figure of 26.3%.
11.7% ▲ +62.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Pontville, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 22.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 17.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two government schools within 3km, though they have a school advantage score of 912, which is much lower than most 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).
320
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
912
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 Pontville
2 schools — 640 students, average ICSEA 912.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Brighton Primary School, Brighton | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 507 | 910 |
| Brighton High School, Brighton | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 133 | 921 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pontville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60511/pontville/topic/education