29.0% ▲ +54.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ravenswood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents in Ravenswood have finished high school or university, which shapes the local skill set. Only 29% of people here completed Year 12, a figure far below the Tasmanian and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 29% of residents finishing high school. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, reached by 35.2% of people.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ravenswood, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 5.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are much more common at 40.2%.
5.5% ▲ +99.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Ravenswood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are society and culture at 17%, followed by management and commerce at 13.6% and engineering at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Ravenswood has a high number of schools within 3 km and an average school size of 409, which is higher than most areas. Most of these are government schools, making up 63.2% of the sector.
2.45
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
19
Higher than 86% 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).
409
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,010
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ravenswood
19 schools — 7,776 students, average ICSEA 1,010.
By sector: Government 12 · Independent 5 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 5 · Combined 4
| Ravenswood Heights Primary School, Ravenswood | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 264 | 829 |
| Northern Support School, Ravenswood | Government | Combined | 1.2 km | 107 | 931 |
| Waverley Primary School, Waverley | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 122 | 870 |
| Newstead College, Newstead | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 422 | 947 |
| Newstead Christian School, Newstead | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 93 | 1,080 |
| The Launceston Preparatory School, Launceston | Independent | Primary | 3.1 km | 112 | 1,143 |
| Scotch Oakburn College, Newstead | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 1,164 | 1,119 |
| St Thomas More's Catholic School, Newstead | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 315 | 1,033 |
| East Launceston Primary School, East Launceston | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 501 | 1,046 |
| Launceston Big Picture School, Invermay | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 95 | 1,000 |
| Queechy High School, Norwood | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 575 | 949 |
| St Finn Barr's Catholic Primary School, Invermay | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 282 | 984 |
| Punchbowl Primary School, Newstead | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 317 | 1,029 |
| Invermay Primary School, Invermay | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 295 | 925 |
| Mowbray Heights Primary School, Mowbray | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 494 | 925 |
| Launceston Church Grammar School, Mowbray | Independent | Secondary | 4.6 km | 723 | 1,094 |
| John Calvin School, Launceston | Independent | Combined | 4.7 km | 112 | 1,051 |
| Launceston College, Launceston | Government | Secondary | 4.9 km | 1,368 | 986 |
| Norwood Primary School, Norwood | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 415 | 1,002 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60538/ravenswood/topic/education