32.5% ▲ +33.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Upper Burnie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Upper Burnie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 26 percentage points separates Upper Burnie from the national average for Year 12 completions. Only 32.5% of residents have finished high school, which is far below both the Tasmanian and Australian figures. This trend continues into higher education, where the area has far fewer university degrees than most other regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 32.5% of residents have completed Year 12, a figure far below the Tasmanian average of 47.1%. The most common highest level of schooling reached is Year 10, at 32.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Upper Burnie splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (36%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most frequent qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.1% of residents.
10.0% ▲ +63.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Upper Burnie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Society and Culture (15.2%) and Engineering (15.1%) being the most common, followed by Management and Commerce at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are nine schools within 3km, which is more than 81% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, and the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
390
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Upper Burnie
9 schools — 3,508 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| North West Support School, Acton | Government | Combined | 0.6 km | 132 | 938 |
| Romaine Park Primary School, Romaine | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 331 | 873 |
| Parklands High School, Romaine | Government | Secondary | 0.9 km | 408 | 885 |
| Montello Primary School, Montello | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 270 | 885 |
| Havenview Primary School, Havenview | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 110 | 866 |
| Burnie Primary School, Park Grove | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 330 | 984 |
| Hellyer College, Shorewell Park | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 656 | 938 |
| Stella Maris Catholic School, Burnie | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 382 | 1,024 |
| Marist Regional College, Burnie | Catholic | Secondary | 2.8 km | 889 | 1,006 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upper Burnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60705/upper-burnie/topic/education