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Education & Qualifications in Penguin

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Penguin, held by 38.3% of the population. While the area has seen a bit of a boost in higher education recently, Year 12 completion rates remain far below the national figure.

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📍 Penguin, Urban Centre

Where Penguin sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

16.4% ▲ +160.4%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Penguin — higher than 73% of areas.

Penguin16.4%
7316, TAS 16.0%
Tasmania 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 37.3% of residents have finished Year 12, which is well below the state average, though this figure has risen 13 points since 2011. About 34.9% of people in Penguin stopped their schooling at Year 10.

Completed Year 12

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37.3% ▲ +50.9%

Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Penguin splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.

Year 12 37.3% Year 10 34.9% Year 9 or below 12.2% Year 11 9.8%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 10 points since 2011 to reach 16.4%. This is higher than in most similar areas, but still well below the Tasmanian average of 21.9%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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16.4% ▲ +160.4%

Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Penguin, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).

Certificate III / IV 38.3% Bachelor degree 19.6% Advanced diploma / diploma 13.5% Postgraduate degree 4.7% Graduate diploma / certificate 3.5% Certificate I / II 2.8%

Field of study

What people studied.

People with qualifications in Penguin are most likely to have studied Engineering and related fields (17.1%) or Society and Culture (14.2%).

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 Penguin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615016/penguin/topic/education