38.5% ▼ -34.6%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Seahampton · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Seahampton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Typical educational levels in Seahampton (L) sit around the middle for similar areas, though they remain far below state and national figures. Only 38.5% of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that has fallen by 20 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are much lower than the New South Wales average of 58.9%, with 38.9% of residents topping out at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Seahampton splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (40%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.8% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 56.1% of residents.
11.8% ▼ -39.0%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Seahampton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 21.3%, followed by Management and Commerce at 18.1%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Seahampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122118/seahampton/topic/education