33.8% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sea Lake · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Sea Lake
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Sea Lake have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 33.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. While these numbers are low, both school and university completion rates have risen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 33.8% of people here finished Year 12, a result far below the national figure of 58.8%. However, this is an improvement from 2011, when only 27.5% had completed their final year.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sea Lake, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 9 or below (22%) and Year 10 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.7% of the population, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.4% of residents.
8.7% ▲ +165.8%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Sea Lake, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 14.8%, followed by education at 11.4% and health at 10.5%.
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 Sea Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221063/sea-lake/topic/education