32.6% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Shearwater · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Shearwater
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 32.6% of people in Shearwater finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. This highlights a gap in secondary schooling compared to most other areas. Higher education is also less common here than in the wider state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common final school year for 38.8% of residents. The rate of Year 12 completion is far below the national figure by 26 percentage points.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Shearwater, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.8% of the population, which is well below the Tasmanian average. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 36.2% of people.
13.8% ▲ +27.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 Shearwater, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce (15.4%) and Engineering (15.0%) being the most frequent.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3km, which is a government-run facility. The school's average size and advantage score both sit around the middle for similar areas.
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).
279
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
994
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Shearwater
1 school — 279 students, average ICSEA 994.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Port Sorell Primary School, Port Sorell | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 279 | 994 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Shearwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60598/shearwater/topic/education