44.4% ▲ +218.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Southampton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Southampton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Southampton compared to the rest of the state. Only 44.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is 14 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is common for 44.4% of people here, though this is far below the state and national averages. Around 40.7% of residents finished Year 10, while 22.2% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Southampton splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.5% of the population. While this is higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
18.5% ▲ —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 Southampton, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (33%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Health at 56%, ahead of Engineering & related (19%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 8 schools within 3 km, which is more than 80% of similar areas, though they have a much lower advantage score than most. Half of these schools are primary and half are secondary, with 75% being government-run.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
416
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
927
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Southampton
8 schools — 3,330 students, average ICSEA 927.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 2
By type: Secondary 4 · Primary 4
| South Grafton High School, South Grafton | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 639 | 875 |
| Gillwinga Public School, South Grafton | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 129 | 774 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, South Grafton | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 126 | 979 |
| South Grafton Public School, South Grafton | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 564 | 905 |
| Induna School, South Grafton | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 26 | 754 |
| Grafton Public School, Grafton | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 476 | 907 |
| Grafton High School, Grafton | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 768 | 941 |
| McAuley Catholic College, Clarenza | Catholic | Secondary | 5.4 km | 602 | 1,031 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Southampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13619/southampton/topic/education