43.8% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Preservation Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Preservation Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A higher proportion of adults in Preservation Bay hold university degrees than in most other areas, though this contrast with high-level qualifications sits alongside a lower rate of high school completion. Nearly 30% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.8% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the 58.8% national average and well below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Preservation Bay, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a strong university presence, with 29.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above both the national rate of 26.3% and the state figure of 21.9%.
29.6% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Preservation Bay splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (30%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in education at 29.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 18.2% and architecture and building at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government-run combined school within 3km, which is much larger than those in most similar areas with an average size of 676 students.
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).
676
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
960
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Preservation Bay
1 school — 676 students, average ICSEA 960.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Penguin District School, Penguin | Government | Combined | 3.4 km | 676 | 960 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Preservation Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60520/preservation-bay/topic/education