36.7% ▲ +56.1%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Scamander · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Scamander
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 Scamander. While the area has seen a steady climb in educational levels since 2011, it still sits well below state and national figures for both school and university completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1%. This is an improvement over the last decade, as the rate rose 13 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Scamander splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 12.8% of adults, a figure far below the 26.3% national average. This represents a rise of 8 points since 2011, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 40.1%.
12.8% ▲ +167.3%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 Scamander, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related fields at 13.9%, followed by Architecture and building at 10.6%.
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 Scamander [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621024/scamander/topic/education