37.8% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pyengana · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pyengana
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Pyengana have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 37.8% completing Year 12. This low rate of formal schooling is mirrored in the number of university degrees held by residents.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, and also well below the Tasmanian rate of 47.1%. About 31.7% of residents left school after Year 10, while 23.2% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pyengana, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon here, with only 9.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the typical Australian rate of 26.3%; instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.4% of residents.
9.8% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Pyengana, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are architecture and building at 16.7%, followed by health at 13.9% and agriculture and environment at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3km of the area, which is a common situation for about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pyengana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60527/pyengana/topic/education