35.4% ▲ +57.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
White Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in White Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35.4% of people in White Beach have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This suggests a local workforce with fewer formal school qualifications than typical Australian areas. Most residents have a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the state and national figures, with 35.4% of residents finishing school. This is much lower than most similar areas, and the most common highest year of schooling is Year 10 at 36.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →White Beach splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.8% of the population, which is well below the Tasmania figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.1% of residents.
12.8% ▲ +84.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 White Beach, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (28%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Society and Culture being the most common at 16.4%. Engineering and related fields follow at 14.1%, and Management and Commerce at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government school within 3km, which is a combined primary and secondary school. Its average size of 152 students is lower than most similar areas.
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).
152
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
930
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving White Beach
1 school — 152 students, average ICSEA 930.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Tasman District School, Nubeena | Government | Combined | 5.3 km | 152 | 930 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in White Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60749/white-beach/topic/education