52.4% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.2%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sandford · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sandford
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over half of the adults in Sandford have finished Year 12, making it more educated than many similar areas. While it sits well below the national average for school completion, nearly a quarter of residents hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Around 52.4% of people completed Year 12, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 47.1%. However, this is well below the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sandford, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 32%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 23.8% of the population, a little above the state average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.9% of residents.
23.8% ▲ +36.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 Sandford, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering leading at 16.3%, followed by Management and Commerce at 14.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3km, which is a government school. This school is among the largest for its level, with an average size of 689 students.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
689
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,037
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sandford
1 school — 689 students, average ICSEA 1,037.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lauderdale Primary School, Lauderdale | Government | Primary | 7.7 km | 689 | 1,037 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sandford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60584/sandford/topic/education