31.5% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ross · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Ross
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a third of people in Ross (L) finished school at Year 10, making it the most common final year of schooling here. This reflects a broader trend in the area, where schooling and university qualification rates are far below the Tasmanian and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.5% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the Tasmanian average and has fallen by 5.5 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Ross splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 9.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure and represents a 7.3 point drop since 2011.
9.1% ▼ -44.4%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Ross, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 14.3%, followed by management and commerce at 11.8%.
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 Ross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622021/ross/topic/education