27.5% ▲ +67.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sassafras · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sassafras
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of adults in Sassafras have a Year 10 education as their highest schooling level. This is a place where formal qualifications are much lower than in most other areas, with very few residents holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 27.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8% and the Tasmanian average of 47.1%. Year 10 is the most common stopping point for school students here.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sassafras, the largest group is Year 10 at 48%, followed by Year 12 (29%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in Sassafras, where only 8.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia, though trade certificates are common, with 46.1% holding a Certificate III or IV.
8.2% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Sassafras, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 16.9%, followed by Health at 10.4% and Society and Culture at 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per child and a small typical school size of 33 students. All local schools are government-run primary schools, though they have some of the lowest advantage scores compared to similar areas.
22.22
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
33
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
876
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sassafras
1 school — 33 students, average ICSEA 876.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Sassafras Primary School, Sassafras | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 33 | 876 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sassafras [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60586/sassafras/topic/education