39.0% ▲ +65.8%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dunalley · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Dunalley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 39% of people in Dunalley finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While this rate has risen by 15 points since 2011, the area still has a much lower level of formal schooling than most of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 39%, which is well below the Tasmania average of 47.1%. About 35.7% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Dunalley splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 8.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national average, though it has risen slightly since 2011.
8.5% ▲ +79.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Dunalley, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in society and culture at 20%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15%.
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 Dunalley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622006/dunalley/topic/education