58.1% ▲ +29.0%
Higher than 89% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hobart · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Hobart
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 30% of adults in Hobart hold a bachelor degree or higher, marking it as one of the most highly qualified areas in the region. This trend is reflected in the schooling data, where the proportion of people finishing Year 12 has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has risen 13 points since 2011 to 58.1%. This is far above the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and is about the same as the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hobart, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 30.4% of adults, which is well above both the state and national figures. This is a significant increase from 2011, when only 19% of adults had these qualifications.
30.4% ▲ +59.7%
Higher than 96% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Hobart splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (28%), with Postgraduate degree at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study in Hobart are management and commerce at 20.6%, followed by society and culture at 13.8% and health at 11%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6003/hobart/topic/education