28.3% ▲ +38.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Queenstown · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Queenstown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Schooling levels in Queenstown have remained significantly lower than the national average over the last decade. Only 28.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia. This gap in formal schooling is reflected in the local qualification levels, where university degrees are much less common than in other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 28.3% of people finished Year 12, a figure far below the Tasmanian average of 47.1%. The most common highest year of school reached was Year 10, at 37.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Queenstown, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.7% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.9% of residents.
9.7% ▲ +51.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Queenstown, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study at 21.3%. Other frequent qualifications include management and commerce at 9.8% and society and culture at 9.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Queenstown has 6.78 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas, though the typical school size is smaller than usual. The local schools are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
6.78
Higher than 66% 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).
129
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
895
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Queenstown
2 schools — 258 students, average ICSEA 895.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Mountain Heights School, Queenstown | Government | Combined | 1.3 km | 199 | 893 |
| St Joseph's Catholic School, Queenstown | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 59 | 902 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Queenstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60531/queenstown/topic/education