47.3% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 47.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Launceston · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Launceston
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Almost half of Launceston residents, 47.3%, have finished Year 12, and more people have done so now than a decade ago. While the city's education levels match the Tasmanian average, they still sit well below the national figures for school and university completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 9.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 47.3%. This is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state average, though it remains far below the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Launceston, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 21.8% of the population, a figure that rose 7.3 percentage points since 2011. This is much higher than most similar areas, but still well below the national average of 26.3%.
21.8% ▲ +50.3%
Higher than 79% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 Launceston, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 17.7%, followed by engineering at 12.9% and health at 12.8%.
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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6004/launceston/topic/education