62.9% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.0%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 62.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woodbridge · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woodbridge
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more people in Woodbridge finished Year 12 than in most other areas, with 62.9% completing their secondary schooling. This high level of achievement carries through to adult life, as the area has a much higher proportion of university-qualified residents than the state or national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well above the national figure at 62.9%, which is far higher than the 47.1% seen across Tasmania. About 20.5% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woodbridge, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 30% of the population, a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Common qualifications include bachelor degrees at 30.4% and Certificate III or IVs at 23.3%.
30.0% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 30.0%
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 Woodbridge, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 35%, followed by Certificate III / IV (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are society and culture at 16.1%, followed by engineering at 13.1% and health at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Woodbridge has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with two schools within 3km. These schools are smaller than average and split evenly between government and independent sectors.
11.90
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
213
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,019
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woodbridge
2 schools — 426 students, average ICSEA 1,019.
By sector: Government 1 · Independent 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Woodbridge School, Woodbridge | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 336 | 1,011 |
| Peregrine, Nicholls Rivulet | Independent | Primary | 5.5 km | 90 | 1,048 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woodbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60763/woodbridge/topic/education