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In 2002, of the 66 non-government schools in Tasmania, 48.5% (32 schools) were located in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 27.3% (18 schools) in the Northern Region and 24.2% (16 schools) in the Mersey-Lyell Region.

The Greater Hobart-Southern Region had 57.1% (12 schools) of Tasmania's total non-government primary/secondary combined schools.

There was only 1 non-government special school, and this was located in the Northern Region, in the Meander Valley local government area.

NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, Tasmanian local government areas - 2002(a)
		Primary	Secondary	Primary & secondary combined	Special	Total
Local government area		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Greater Hobart-Southern
	Brighton	1	-	-	-	1
	Central Highlands	-	-	-	-	-
	Clarence	6	1	-	-	7
	Derwent Valley	1	-	-	-	1
	Glamorgan/Spring Bay	-	-	-	-	-
	Glenorchy	2	2	1	-	5
	Hobart	3	1	7	-	11
	Huon Valley	1	-	2	-	3
	Kingborough	2	-	2	-	4
	Sorell	-	-	-	-	-
	Southern Midlands	-	-	-	-	-
	Tasman	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	16	4	12	-	32
Northern
	Break O'Day	-	-	-	-	-
	Dorset	-	-	-	-	-
	Flinders	-	-	-	-	-
	George Town	-	-	1	-	1
	Launceston	6	4	2	-	12
	Meander Valley	1	-	-	1	2
	Northern Midlands	-	1	-	-	1
	West Tamar	1	-	1	-	2
	Total	8	5	4	1	18
Mersey-Lyell
	Burnie	1	1	-	-	2
	Central Coast	1	-	2	-	3
	Circular Head	1	-	1	-	2
	Devonport	2	1	-	-	3
	Kentish	-	-	-	-	-
	King Island	-	-	-	-	-
	Latrobe	1	-	1	-	2
	Waratah/Wynyard	1	-	1	-	2
	West Coast	2	-	-	-	2
	Total	9	2	5	-	16
Tasmania		33	11	21	1	66
(a) Includes head campus information only. Subsidiary campuses are not included. - nil or rounded to zero Source: Department of Education, Science and Training.