29.7% ▲ +32.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sheffield · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sheffield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 35% of residents in Sheffield stopped their formal schooling at Year 10, the most common finishing point in the area. This is part of a wider pattern where schooling and university qualifications are much lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 29.7% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Tasmania figure of 47.1% and the national rate of 58.8%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sheffield, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 11.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below both the state (21.9%) and Australia (26.3%), while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 34.9%.
11.1% ▲ +61.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Sheffield, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related fields at 14.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government school within 3km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. However, the average school advantage score of 921 is much lower than most other areas.
4.88
Higher than 58% 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).
365
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
921
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sheffield
1 school — 365 students, average ICSEA 921.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Sheffield School, Sheffield | Government | Combined | 1.0 km | 365 | 921 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sheffield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60599/sheffield/topic/education