53.8% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.1%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Surf Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Surf Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Surf Beach finished Year 12 compared to the rest of Victoria, where the rate is 8 percentage points higher. Despite this, a quarter of adults hold a university degree, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This creates a distinct local profile where high-level qualifications are common despite lower school completion rates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 53.8% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is well below the Victorian and national averages. About 15.6% of the community stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Surf Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 25.3% of adults, which is a little below the national figure. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 30.4% of people.
25.3% ▲ +38.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 Surf Beach, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Education at 15.3% and Management and Commerce at 14.8%. Society and culture qualifications are also frequent at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one independent combined school within 3km, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas. This school has a high advantage score of 1,083, which is much higher than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
916
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,083
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Surf Beach
1 school — 916 students, average ICSEA 1,083.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Newhaven College, Rhyll | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 916 | 1,083 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Surf Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22398/surf-beach/topic/education