47.5% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Smeaton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Smeaton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of Smeaton residents finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Despite this, the area has a surprisingly high proportion of adults with university degrees compared to similar places. These contrasting trends suggest a diverse range of educational backgrounds across the local population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47.5% of people completed Year 12, a figure far below the 61.8% seen in Victoria. About 15.7% of residents topped out at Year 10, while 10.6% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Smeaton, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the national figure, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 28.3%.
25.6% ▲ +110.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 Smeaton, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 35%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 18.1%, followed by engineering and society and culture, which both sit at 10.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3km of the area, making it smaller 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Smeaton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22293/smeaton/topic/education