25.0% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Seaton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Seaton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 45% of qualified adults in Seaton hold a Certificate III or IV, marking this as the most common qualification in the area. While many people have trade certificates, only 25% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, with only 25% of residents reaching that milestone. Many people in the area finished their schooling at Year 11, which accounts for 28.8% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →Seaton splits fairly evenly between Year 11 (32%) and Year 12 (28%), with Year 10 at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 13.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below both the state and national averages. Most qualified residents hold trade certificates or diplomas rather than university degrees.
13.5% ▲ +38.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 Seaton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 27.1%, followed by society and culture at 14.3%. Health and hospitality qualifications also make up a notable part of the local skill set.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Seaton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22252/seaton/topic/education