35.7% ▲ +73.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Strahan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Strahan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35.7% of residents in Strahan have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in basic schooling is mirrored in higher education, with the proportion of adults holding a university degree well below that of the rest of Tasmania.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much lower than most areas, sitting at 35.7%. This is far below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →Strahan splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.3% of the population, which is far below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.9% of residents.
12.3% ▲ +100.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Strahan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are led by Engineering and related fields at 21.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 18.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, though the average school size is much lower. All local schools are government primary schools.
8.55
Higher than 72% 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).
47
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
935
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Strahan
1 school — 47 students, average ICSEA 935.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Strahan Primary School, Strahan | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 47 | 935 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Strahan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60646/strahan/topic/education