34.0% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wilmot · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wilmot
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Wilmot have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 34% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, with university degrees being much less common here than across Tasmania and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34% of people here finished Year 12, a result far below the 47.1% seen across Tasmania. This is much lower than most areas, and about 16.2% of residents left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wilmot, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.6% of the population, which is well below the Tasmanian average. The most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.9% of residents.
14.6% ▲ +87.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 Wilmot, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study in the area are Engineering and Health, both at 13.7%, followed by Agriculture and Environment at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though they are among the smallest and least advantaged. There is one government primary school within 3km.
28.57
Higher than 93% 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).
14
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
927
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wilmot
1 school — 14 students, average ICSEA 927.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wilmot Primary School, Wilmot | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 14 | 927 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wilmot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60756/wilmot/topic/education