Launceston
Tasmania · Launceston · Launceston and North East
This profile uses the ABS Launceston statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Launceston is a locality in the Launceston area of Tasmania. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Launceston SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Launceston SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.
Government schools in Launceston
Free government schools your child may attend. Exact school zones aren’t mapped for TAS yet, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.
A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) — not a ranking or a quality score.
Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Launceston
- Secondary · Government · Years 11-12Enrolment1,368ICSEA986
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment501ICSEA1046
- Primary · Catholic · Years Prep-6Enrolment390ICSEA1038
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All TAS schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSDiscovery Early Learning Centre- LauncestonCentre-Based Care · 130 places · Launceston
- Exceeding NQSLaunceston Church Grammar School Early Learning Programme and OSHCCentre-Based Care · 122 places · East Launceston
- Exceeding NQSGoodstart Early Learning NewsteadCentre-Based Care · 75 places · Newstead
- Exceeding NQSGoodstart Early Learning Prospect ValeCentre-Based Care · 75 places · Prospect Vale
- Exceeding NQSDMP Early LearningCentre-Based Care · 68 places · Launceston
- Exceeding NQSDiscovery Early Learning Centres- RavenswoodCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Ravenswood
- Meeting NQSNewstead Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 106 places · Newstead
- Meeting NQSWindsor Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 89 places · Riverside
- Meeting NQSNewstead OSHC ServiceCentre-Based Care · 75 places · Newstead
- Meeting NQSCatholicCare Children's Services - Sacred Heart Outside School Hours CareCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Launceston
- Meeting NQSLady Gowrie - Norwood Child CentreCentre-Based Care · 55 places · Norwood
- Meeting NQSCatholicCare Children's Services - Larmenier Outside School Hours CareCentre-Based Care · 55 places · St Leonards
+ 17 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Where did the loss come from?
-71Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
Other SA2s in Launceston
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
- 01Youngtown - Relbia+1.0%5,294 ppl
- 02Legana+0.9%5,118 ppl
- 03Riverside+0.7%7,535 ppl
- 04Newnham - Mayfield+0.5%10,070 ppl
- 05Prospect Vale - Blackstone+0.5%6,949 ppl
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