30.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sprent · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sprent
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Sprent have finished high school compared to a decade ago. Only 30.6% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the figures for Tasmania and the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are much lower than most areas, with 41% of people listing Year 10 as their highest year of study. This is far below the Tasmanian average of 47.1% for Year 12 completion.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sprent, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 11 (9%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here; only 9.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though 38.7% of people hold a Certificate III or IV.
9.9% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Sprent, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in engineering and related fields at 26.7%, followed by management and commerce at 17.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, which is much smaller than most schools with an average size of 31 students. This gives Sprent one of the highest rates of schools per 1,000 children.
30.30
Higher than 94% 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).
31
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
914
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 Sprent
1 school — 31 students, average ICSEA 914.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Sprent Primary School, Sprent | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 31 | 914 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sprent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60627/sprent/topic/education