32.6% ▲ +34.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Weymouth · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Weymouth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people finished high school in Weymouth than in most similar areas. While 21% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, only 32.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Tasmanian and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common final school grade for 40% of residents. Only 32.6% finished Year 12, a figure far below the Tasmanian average of 47.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Weymouth, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 21%, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state figure. Certificate III or IV is the most common high-level qualification at 24.6%.
21.0% ▲ +69.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 Weymouth, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 33%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are health at 16.9%, followed by engineering, agriculture and environment, and society and culture, which each sit at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Weymouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60748/weymouth/topic/education