35.9% ▲ +65.4%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Strahan · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Strahan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A jump in school and degree completions marks the biggest shift in Strahan since 2011. While university degrees are now more common here than in most similar areas, the typical resident still lacks a Year 12 certificate compared to the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 14 points since 2011 to reach 35.9%. This is far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and the national rate of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Strahan splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are more common here than in most similar areas, with 13.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. However, this remains well below Tasmania's 21.9% and far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
13.1% ▲ +128.3%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 Strahan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 21.9%, followed by management and commerce at 18.9%.
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 Strahan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621028/strahan/topic/education