In 2002, of the 66 non-government schools in Tasmania, 48.5% (32 schools) were located in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 27.3% (18 schools) in the Northern Region and 24.2% (16 schools) in the Mersey-Lyell Region.
The Greater Hobart-Southern Region had 57.1% (12 schools) of Tasmania's total non-government primary/secondary combined schools.
There was only 1 non-government special school, and this was located in the Northern Region, in the Meander Valley local government area.
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, Tasmanian local government areas - 2002(a)
|
 |  | Primary | Secondary | Primary & secondary combined | Special | Total |
Local government area |
no.
|
no.
|
no.
|
no.
|
no.
|
|
Greater Hobart-Southern |
 | Brighton | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
 | Central Highlands | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Clarence | 6 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
 | Derwent Valley | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
 | Glamorgan/Spring Bay | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Glenorchy | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 |
 | Hobart | 3 | 1 | 7 | - | 11 |
 | Huon Valley | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
 | Kingborough | 2 | - | 2 | - | 4 |
 | Sorell | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Southern Midlands | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Tasman | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Total | 16 | 4 | 12 | - | 32 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |
Northern |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Break O'Day | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Dorset | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Flinders | - | - | - | - | - |
 | George Town | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
 | Launceston | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | 12 |
 | Meander Valley | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
 | Northern Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
 | West Tamar | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
 | Total | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mersey-Lyell |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Burnie | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
 | Central Coast | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
 | Circular Head | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
 | Devonport | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
 | Kentish | - | - | - | - | - |
 | King Island | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Latrobe | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
 | Waratah/Wynyard | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
 | West Coast | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
 | Total | 9 | 2 | 5 | - | 16 |
Tasmania |
33
|
11
|
21
|
1
|
66
|
|
(a) Includes head campus information only. Subsidiary campuses are not included.
- nil or rounded to zero
Source: Department of Education, Science and Training. |