38.6% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Royal George · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 38.6% of people in Royal George completed Year 12, making it a place where few residents finished high school. This is far below the national figure of 58.8% and well below the Tasmanian average.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is lower than most areas at 38.6%, while 34.1% of residents stopped at Year 10. Only 6.8% left school at Year 9 or below.
38.6% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Royal George, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (43%) and Year 9 or below (9%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with only 6.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 21.9% seen across Tasmania and the 26.3% national figure.
6.4% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Royal George, the largest group is Certificate I / II at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Certificate III / IV (30%).
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 16%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Royal George [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60579/royal-george/topic/education