30.3% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Latrobe · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Latrobe
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 30.3% of people in Latrobe finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This indicates a community where most adults have left school early or hold trade-based qualifications rather than university degrees. Higher education levels have also dipped slightly over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than in most areas, with only 30.3% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far below the Tasmanian average of 47.1%, and the most common highest year of school reached here is Year 10, at 39.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Latrobe, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 11% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Trade certificates are the most common qualification, with 43.2% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
11.0% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Latrobe, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Latrobe are spread across several fields, led by Engineering and related roles at 14.9% and Management and commerce at 14.7%. Society and culture is the next most common field at 11.5%.
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 Latrobe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615011/latrobe/topic/education