39.1% ▲ +40.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Stanley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Stanley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Stanley than in most other areas, with only 39.1% completing Year 12. This is well below the Tasmanian average and far below the national figure. While university degrees are less common, many adults here hold vocational certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. About 37.1% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10, and 12.3% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Stanley splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The 15.6% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is well below the Tasmanian figure of 21.9%. The most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.9% of residents.
15.6% ▲ +55.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Stanley, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Stanley have studied a variety of fields, with Management and commerce being the most common at 16.4%, followed by Engineering at 15.3% and Society and culture at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a much higher number of schools per child than most similar places, though the typical school is very small with only 54 students. The single school within 3km is a government primary school.
12.50
Higher than 79% 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).
54
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
976
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Stanley
1 school — 54 students, average ICSEA 976.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Stanley Primary School, Stanley | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 54 | 976 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Stanley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60635/stanley/topic/education