25.5% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Seven Oaks · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Seven Oaks
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Low levels of formal schooling shape daily life in Seven Oaks, where only 25.5% of people finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, reflecting a community where few residents have attained higher education qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only about a quarter of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 58.9%. The most common highest school year reached here is Year 10, at 36.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Seven Oaks, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 12 (27%) and Year 9 or below (25%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Seven Oaks hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3% and the state figure of 27.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Seven Oaks, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 69%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 31%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 21%, ahead of Education (21%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two primary schools, both run by the government. These schools are much smaller than most others, with an average size of just 37 students and a much lower advantage score than most areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
916
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Seven Oaks
2 schools — 73 students, average ICSEA 916.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Smithtown Public School, Smithtown | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 54 | 885 |
| Gladstone Public School, Gladstone | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 19 | 1,004 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Seven Oaks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13534/seven-oaks/topic/education