The number of full-time non-government students in Tasmania in 2002 was 20,842. Of these, more than half, 57.8% (12,041), attended non-government schools in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region.
In 2002, of all non-government students, 5,628 (27.0%) attended schools in Hobart, the highest number for all local government areas in the state. A number of local government areas had no non-government schools for students to attend.
FULL-TIME NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOL STUDENTS, Tasmanian local government areas - 2002(a)
|
 | | Primary | Secondary | Total |
Local government area |
no.
|
no.
|
no.
|
|
| Greater Hobart-Southern |
| Brighton | 207 | - | 207 |
| Central Highlands | - | - | - |
| Clarence | 1,136 | 594 | 1,730 |
| Derwent Valley | 179 | - | 179 |
| Glamorgan/Spring Bay | - | - | - |
| Glenorchy | 829 | 1,764 | 2,593 |
| Hobart | 2,210 | 3,418 | 5,628 |
| Huon Valley | 359 | 194 | 553 |
| Kingborough | 789 | 362 | 1,151 |
| Sorell | - | - | - |
| Southern Midlands | - | - | - |
| Tasman | - | - | - |
| Total | 5,709 | 6,332 | 12,041 |
Northern | | | |
| Break O'Day | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Dorset | - | - | - |
| Flinders | - | - | - |
| George Town | 139 | 93 | 232 |
| Launceston | 1,744 | 2,141 | 3,885 |
| Meander Valley | 123 | 9 | 132 |
| Northern Midlands | - | 9 | 9 |
| West Tamar | 440 | 248 | 688 |
| Total | 2,456 | 2,506 | 4,962 |
Mersey-Lyell | | | |
| Burnie | 502 | 639 | 1,141 |
| Central Coast | 474 | 276 | 750 |
| Circular Head | 243 | 81 | 324 |
| Devonport | 395 | 592 | 987 |
| Kentish | - | - | - |
| King Island | - | - | - |
| Latrobe | 170 | 60 | 230 |
| Waratah/Wynyard | 187 | 16 | 203 |
| West Coast | 204 | - | 204 |
| Total | 2,175 | 1,664 | 3,839 |
Tasmania |
10,340
|
10,502
|
20,842
|
|
(a) The non-government schools data includes head campus information only. Subsidiary campuses are not included.
- nil or rounded to zero
Source: Department of Education, Science and Training. |
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