35.5% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woodstock · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woodstock
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A striking gap in school completion defines Woodstock, where only 35.5% of residents finished Year 12. While many missed out on high school, the area has a surprisingly high number of university graduates, with 29% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.5% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and the national rate of 58.8%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with an equal number of people reaching Year 10 as those who finished Year 12.
Highest year of school
View on map →Woodstock splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (42%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Despite lower school completion rates, the proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 29%. This is well above the Tasmanian average of 21.9% and a little above the national figure of 26.3%.
29.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
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 Woodstock, the largest group is Postgraduate degree at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Certificate III / IV (25%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 25%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school within 3km. This school is smaller than those in most similar areas and has an advantage score of 956, which is lower than most 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).
154
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
956
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woodstock
1 school — 154 students, average ICSEA 956.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Franklin Primary School, Franklin | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 154 | 956 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woodstock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60766/woodstock/topic/education