Education

The Children and Young People in Tasmania (CAYPIT) resource is designed to facilitate statistics, qualitative research and other information to a cross section of audiences, including young people, policy makers, program planners and service providers at a state, regional and local level.

At a Glance - Education

In 2006, there were 60,007 full-time students attending Government schools in Tasmania, with 22,447 attending non-government schools. There were 1,791 students attending school on a part-time basis. The total number of students attending school in 2006 was 84,245.^[1]

In 2006, the retention rate for students from year 10 to year 12 was 65 per cent (56.9 per cent for males and 73.3 per cent for females).^[2]

In 2006-2007, the average class size was 18.9 children for kindergarten, 24.2 for primary school and 23.4 for secondary school.^[3]

In 2006, 94.9 per cent of year three students, 92.8 per cent of year five students and 88.3 per cent of year seven students were above the national reading benchmark. For the same year, 91.9 per cent of year three students, 90.1 per cent of year five students and 83.6 per cent of year seven students were above the national writing benchmark. Also, 91.2 per cent of year three students, 89.1 per cent of year five students and 80.5 per cent of year seven students were above the national numeracy benchmark.^[4]

In 2006, the Australian Bureau of Statistics recorded there were 278 schools operating in Tasmania, including 211 Government schools, 37 non-government schools, and 30 Independent schools. There were 10 schools in Tasmania that catered specifically for disabled students.^[5]

During 2006-2007, 91.4 per cent of young people aged 15-19 years and 29.2 per cent of young people aged 20-24 years were in full-time education or training.^[6] In 2005, 74.8 per cent of 15-19 year olds in Tasmania were participating in education versus 76 per cent nationally, and 34 per cent of 20-24 year olds were participating in education compared with 38.9 per cent nationally.^[7]

In 2007 there were 20,284 students enrolled at the University of Tasmania (UTAS), including 5,653 students at the Launceston campus, 11,451 at the Hobart Campus, 1,958 enrolled offshore, 599 at the North-West Centre and 623 students classified as ‘other.’^[8] Of the students enrolled at UTAS, 63 per cent were 24 years or younger 51.2 per cent (10,395) were enrolled as full-time students and 48.8 per cent (9,889) were enrolled as part-time.^[9]

ABS statistics - 4102.0 - Tasmania - Education and Training - Australian Social Trends - ABS, 2007
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