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The number of full-time government school students in Tasmania in 2002 was 61,508. Of these, 46.3% (28,454) attended government schools in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 29.4% (18,091) in the Northern Region and 24.3% (14,963) in the Mersey-Lyell Region.
In 2002, of all full-time government school students, 9,983 (16.2%) attended schools in the Launceston local government area, the highest number for all local government areas in the state.
FULL-TIME GOVERNMENT SCHOOL STUDENTS, Tasmanian local government areas - 2002
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Primary | Secondary | Total |
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Greater Hobart-Southern |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Brighton | 1,342 | 382 | 1,724 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Central Highlands | 126 | 53 | 179 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Clarence | 3,504 | 2,780 | 6,284 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Derwent Valley | 884 | 410 | 1,294 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Glamorgan/Spring Bay | 339 | 83 | 422 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Glenorchy | 2,848 | 1,823 | 4,671 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Hobart | 2,700 | 3,868 | 6,568 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Huon Valley | 1,112 | 522 | 1,634 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Kingborough | 1,960 | 1,330 | 3,290 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Sorell | 983 | 321 | 1,304 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Southern Midlands | 570 | 230 | 800 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Tasman | 168 | 116 | 284 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Total | 16,536 | 11,918 | 28,454 |
Northern | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Break O'Day | 538 | 347 | 885 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Dorset | 792 | 427 | 1,219 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Flinders | 83 | 50 | 133 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | George Town | 521 | 256 | 777 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Launceston | 5,416 | 4,567 | 9,983 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Meander Valley | 1,084 | 290 | 1,374 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Northern Midlands | 1,095 | 160 | 1,255 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | West Tamar | 1,384 | 1,081 | 2,465 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Total | 10,913 | 7,178 | 18,091 |
Mersey-Lyell | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Burnie | 1,511 | 1,693 | 3,204 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Central Coast | 1,695 | 858 | 2,553 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Circular Head | 630 | 376 | 1,006 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Devonport | 2,083 | 1,825 | 3,908 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Kentish | 451 | 211 | 662 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | King Island | 160 | 88 | 248 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Latrobe | 619 | 371 | 990 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Waratah/Wynyard | 1,291 | 439 | 1,730 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | West Coast | 411 | 251 | 662 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Total | 8,851 | 6,112 | 14,963 |
Tasmania |
36,300
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25,208
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61,508
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Source: Department of Education. |
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