28.5% ▲ +57.2%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ridgley · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Ridgley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 3% of adults in Ridgley hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. While more residents have finished high school than in 2011, the area continues to have much lower rates of formal schooling and degrees than most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 10 points since 2011 to 28.5%, but this remains far below the Tasmanian rate of 47.1%. The most common highest year of school finished here is Year 10, at 38.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ridgley, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
High-level qualifications are rare here, with only 3% of adults holding a degree, a figure that fell 4.7 points since 2011. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 58.1% of residents.
3.0% ▼ -60.8%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Ridgley, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 77%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 12%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 23.5%, followed by society and culture at 15.6%.
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 Ridgley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622020/ridgley/topic/education