50.7% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 48.2%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Seaford Rise · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Seaford Rise
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Seaford Rise have seen shifts over the last decade, though the area remains modest in its formal qualifications. About half of the residents have finished Year 12, which is better than many similar areas but still well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
While 50.7% of people finished Year 12, this is well below the 54.6% seen across South Australia and the 58.8% national average. Around 18.8% of residents stopped after Year 11, while 18.6% left after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Seaford Rise, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 11 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.1% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.8% of residents.
13.1% ▲ +46.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 Seaford Rise, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 16.8%, followed closely by society and culture at 16.3%. Engineering and health also feature prominently, at 14% and 11.8% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has seven schools within 3km, which is more than about 79% of similar places. These schools are larger than most, with a typical size of 522 students and a higher-than-average advantage score.
0.78
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
522
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,011
Higher 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 Seaford Rise
7 schools — 3,656 students, average ICSEA 1,011.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Seaford Rise Primary School, Seaford Rise | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 369 | 977 |
| Moana Primary School, Seaford | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 369 | 1,018 |
| Seaford Secondary College, Seaford | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 829 | 962 |
| All Saints Catholic Primary School, Seaford | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 536 | 1,017 |
| Old Noarlunga Primary School, Old Noarlunga | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 155 | 999 |
| South Port Primary School, Port Noarlunga South | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 295 | 968 |
| Tatachilla Lutheran College, Mclaren Vale | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 1,103 | 1,068 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Seaford Rise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41318/seaford-rise/topic/education