35.7% ▲ +21.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sea Lake · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sea Lake
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 26 percentage points separates Sea Lake from Victoria in Year 12 completion rates. Only 35.7% of residents here finished their final year of high school, which is far below the state and national figures. This reflects a broader trend of lower formal qualifications across the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian average of 61.8%. Around 19.4% of people finished Year 10, while 18.4% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sea Lake, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 9.7%, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.8% of residents.
9.7% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Sea Lake, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Sea Lake are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 17.4%, followed by Education at 12.4% and Health at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size is much lower at 83 students. There are two schools within 3km, split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
21.05
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
83
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
970
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sea Lake
2 schools — 165 students, average ICSEA 970.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| St Mary's School, Sea Lake | Catholic | Primary | 5.9 km | 39 | 993 |
| Tyrrell College, Sea Lake | Government | Combined | 6.0 km | 126 | 963 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sea Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22246/sea-lake/topic/education