33.8% ▲ +28.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
St Marys · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in St Marys
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in St Marys (Tas.) than in most similar areas. Only 33.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend is mirrored in higher education, where the share of adults with a university degree is also well below the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.8% of people here completed Year 12, a result far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and the Australian figure of 58.8%. About 33.6% of residents had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →St Marys splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 13.2%, which is well below the state average. The most common qualification held is a Certificate III or IV, at 35.3%.
13.2% ▲ +110.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
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 Marys, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in St Marys (Tas.) are most common in Engineering and related fields at 15.6%, followed by Society and culture at 15.1% and Health at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 11.24 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. All schools here are government-run combined institutions, though the average school advantage score is much lower than in most other areas.
11.24
Higher than 77% 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).
215
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
928
Lower than 83% 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 Marys
1 school — 215 students, average ICSEA 928.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| St Marys District School, St Marys | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 215 | 928 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in St Marys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60634/st-marys/topic/education