31.3% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
George Town · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in George Town
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in George Town than in most other Australian areas. Only 31.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over 31% of people here finished Year 12, a figure far below the Tasmanian average of 47.1%. Year 10 is the most common highest school level reached, held by 37.8% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In George Town, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3% and has fallen since 2011. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 43.7% of people.
6.6% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 George Town, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 18.5%. Other typical areas of study include Society and Culture at 12.8% and Management and Commerce at 12.2%.
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 George Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615008/george-town/topic/education