56.4% ▲ +40.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 50.2%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sandfly · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sandfly
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 29% of adults in Sandfly hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the Tasmanian average. This makes the area much more highly qualified than most similar places. Residents generally have a strong educational background, with a high proportion completing secondary school.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents have finished Year 12, at 56.4%. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 47.1%, though it sits a little below the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sandfly, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a high rate of university education, with 28.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the state average and a little above the national figure.
28.8% ▲ +55.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Sandfly splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (34%) and Bachelor degree (34%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in management and commerce (14.1%), followed by engineering and related fields (13.0%) and health (12.5%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sandfly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60583/sandfly/topic/education