48.9% ▲ +35.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Safety Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Safety Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Safety Beach compared to the rest of the state. While about 49% of residents completed Year 12, this is far below the Victorian figure of 62%. Most adults here hold trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 49% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian figure of 59%. Around 18% of people left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Safety Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in the state, with 17.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.2% of residents.
17.7% ▲ +62.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 Safety Beach, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most popular fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 18%, followed by engineering at 12.9% and health at 10.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Four government schools serve the area, which is more than about 73% of similar places. These schools are among the largest at this level, with an average size of 753 students.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
753
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,031
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Safety Beach
4 schools — 3,013 students, average ICSEA 1,031.
By sector: Government 4
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Peninsula College, Dromana | Government | Combined | 3.0 km | 160 | 957 |
| Dromana Secondary College, Dromana | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 1,752 | 1,018 |
| Dromana Primary School, Dromana | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 557 | 1,034 |
| Mount Martha Primary School, Mount Martha | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 544 | 1,090 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Safety Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22222/safety-beach/topic/education