26.7% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Seaforth · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Seaforth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Seaforth, held by 44.7% of adults. This is a community where higher education is uncommon, with only 4.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are among the lowest for similar areas, with only 26.7% of residents finishing. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Seaforth, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Few adults here have university degrees, with only 4.8% holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is much lower than most areas and far below the Queensland average of 21.9%.
4.8% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Seaforth, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 24.9%, followed by management and commerce at 7.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most places, though the typical school is much smaller than average with only 80 students. The only school in the area is a government primary school.
9.17
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
80
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
951
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Seaforth
1 school — 80 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Seaforth State School, Seaforth | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 80 | 951 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Seaforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32532/seaforth/topic/education