31.3% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
St Helens · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in St Helens
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in St Helens has remained relatively steady, though levels are generally low compared to other regions. Only 31.3% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend is reflected in the low proportion of adults with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, with only 31.3% of people reaching this milestone. In contrast, the most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, at 32%.
Highest year of school
View on map →St Helens splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (36%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common here than in most areas, with 12.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the Tasmania figure of 21.9%.
12.2% ▲ +60.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 St Helens, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 14.5%, followed by management and commerce at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government combined school, which is larger than those in most similar areas. However, the average school advantage score is lower than in most other areas.
3.57
Lower than 52% 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).
505
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
958
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving St Helens
1 school — 505 students, average ICSEA 958.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| St Helens District High School, St Helens | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 505 | 958 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in St Helens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60632/st-helens/topic/education