22.1% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
South Forest · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in South Forest
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-four per cent of people in South Forest reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling. This is a place where formal qualifications are uncommon, with very few residents holding university degrees compared to the rest of the state and country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 22.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and the national average of 58.8%. This is among the lowest levels of school completion for areas like it.
Highest year of school
View on map →In South Forest, Year 10 is the majority at 54%; Year 12 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 5.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.7% of residents.
5.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 South Forest, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 72%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in South Forest are most often in Agriculture and Environment, at 24.5%. Other common fields include Society and Culture at 14.3% and Food, Hospitality and Personal Services at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is smaller than most others and has a school advantage score much lower than most 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).
99
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
903
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving South Forest
1 school — 99 students, average ICSEA 903.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Forest Primary School, Forest | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 99 | 903 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in South Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60614/south-forest/topic/education