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POSTGRADUATE DEGREE, GRADUATE DIPLOMA, GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
At the 2001 Census, 8,116 (2.3%) people in Tasmania aged 15 years and over (4,152 males and 3,964 females) held a postgraduate degree, graduate diploma or graduate certificate. The Greater Hobart-Southern Region had the highest proportion of its population with a postgraduate degree, graduate diploma or graduate certificate with 2,785 males and 2,605 females (3.1% of the Region's total).
BACHELOR DEGREE
At the 2001 Census, 27,132 (7.6%) people in Tasmania (11,547 males and 15,585 females) held a bachelor degree. The Greater Hobart-Southern Region had the highest proportion of its population with a bachelor degree with 9.2% of the Region's total. More females than males held a bachelor degree in Tasmania in 2001, and this was the case in each Region.
ADVANCED DIPLOMA, DIPLOMA, CERTIFICATE
There were 72,206 (20.2%) people in Tasmania with an advanced diploma, diploma or certificate in the 2001 Census. The Mersey-Lyell Region had the highest proportion of its population with an advanced diploma, diploma or certificate with 20.6% (16,382 people) of the Region's total. More males than females had an advanced diploma, diploma or certificate in Tasmania in 2001, with 7,806 (66.2%) males and 24,400 (33.8%) females.
NO QUALIFICATION
In the 2001 Census, 249,852 (69.9%) people (109,644 males and 140,208 females) did not have a qualification, did not state a qualification or stated a qualification outside of the scope of the standard classification.
NON-SCHOOL QUALIFICATION: LEVEL OF EDUCATION, Tasmanian regions(a)(b) - Census 2001 (c)
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GREATER HOBART-SOUTHERN
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Postgraduate Degree | 1,871 | 1,145 | 3,016 |
Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate | 914 | 1,460 | 2,374 |
Bachelor Degree | 7,126 | 9,045 | 16,171 |
Advanced Diploma and Diploma | 4,339 | 5,274 | 9,613 |
Certificate | 18,653 | 7,062 | 25,715 |
Not stated(d) | 8,627 | 11,072 | 19,699 |
Not applicable(e) | 43,650 | 56,371 | 100,021 |
Total | 85,180 | 91,429 | 176,609 |
NORTHERN
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Postgraduate Degree | 584 | 356 | 940 |
Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate | 331 | 519 | 850 |
Bachelor Degree | 2,866 | 4,186 | 7,052 |
Advanced Diploma and Diploma | 2,100 | 2,685 | 4,785 |
Certificate | 11,363 | 4,100 | 15,463 |
Not stated(d) | 4,851 | 6,496 | 11,347 |
Not applicable(e) | 26,672 | 33,564 | 60,236 |
Total | 48,767 | 51,906 | 100,673 |
MERSEY-LYELL
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Postgraduate Degree | 241 | 145 | 386 |
Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate | 200 | 325 | 525 |
Bachelor Degree | 1,511 | 2,310 | 3,821 |
Advanced Diploma and Diploma | 1,430 | 1,999 | 3,429 |
Certificate | 9,719 | 3,234 | 12,953 |
Not stated(d) | 3,935 | 5,296 | 9,231 |
Not applicable(e) | 21,646 | 27,195 | 48,841 |
Total | 38,682 | 40,504 | 79,186 |
TASMANIA(f)
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Postgraduate Degree | 2,705 | 1,651 | 4,356 |
Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate | 1,447 | 2,313 | 3,760 |
Bachelor Degree | 11,547 | 15,585 | 27,132 |
Advanced Diploma and Diploma | 7,910 | 9,982 | 17,892 |
Certificate | 39,896 | 14,418 | 54,314 |
Not stated(d) | 17,532 | 22,929 | 40,461 |
Not applicable(e) | 92,112 | 117,279 | 209,391 |
Total | 173,149 | 184,157 | 357,306 |
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(a) Excludes schooling up to year 12.
(b) Persons aged 15 years and over (excluding overseas visitors).
(c) Counts at place of enumeration.
(d) Includes 'inadequately described'.
(e) Includes persons who do not have a qualification and persons who have a qualification out of scope of the Australian Standard Classification of Education.
(f) Includes persons offshore areas & migratory.
Source: 2001 Census Basic Community Profiles (BCPs) |
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