35.2% ▲ +39.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Seelands · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Seelands
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35.2% of people in Seelands have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is a community where a smaller proportion of adults hold high-level university degrees compared to most other areas. Most residents have finished school by Year 10 or hold trade certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than in most areas, with only 35.2% of people finishing Year 12. This is 24 percentage points lower than the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →Seelands splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.1% of the population, which is far below the national average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.6% of residents.
12.1% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Seelands, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 19.3%, followed by Management and Commerce at 15.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 kilometres of Seelands, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Seelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13530/seelands/topic/education