36.4% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Quoiba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Quoiba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 36.4% of residents in Quoiba have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in secondary schooling is a defining feature of the area's education profile. While some residents hold higher degrees, the typical educational path here leans more towards vocational certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below both the state and national figures. About 36.7% of people listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling, while 10.8% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Quoiba splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.8% of the population, which is well below the Tasmanian average. Trade qualifications are more common, with 46.4% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
12.8% ▲ +40.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 Quoiba, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 20.7%. Other typical fields include Management and commerce at 13.1% and Society and culture at 10.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Quoiba has 11 schools within 3 km, more than about 83% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
321
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
940
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Quoiba
11 schools — 3,531 students, average ICSEA 940.
By sector: Government 8 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 3
| Spreyton Primary School, Spreyton | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 304 | 946 |
| Miandetta Primary School, Miandetta | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 322 | 950 |
| Hillcrest Primary School, Devonport | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 211 | 912 |
| Reece High School, Devonport | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 520 | 921 |
| Devonport Christian School, Don | Independent | Primary | 3.3 km | 377 | 1,009 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, Devonport | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 385 | 1,014 |
| Devonport High School, Devonport | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 342 | 939 |
| Devonport Primary School, Devonport | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 240 | 914 |
| Nixon Street Primary School, Devonport | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 320 | 921 |
| Indie School - Devonport, Devonport | Independent | Secondary | 4.1 km | 312 | 906 |
| East Devonport Primary School, East Devonport | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 198 | 834 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Quoiba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60532/quoiba/topic/education