67.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Alpine · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Alpine
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher levels of schooling and degrees than most similar areas define Alpine. Around 67% of residents finished Year 12, and over 30% of adults hold a university degree, making the area well above the national average for education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is common here, with 67% of people reaching this milestone. This is well above the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Alpine, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is prevalent, as 30.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
30.9% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Alpine splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 25.3%, followed by health at 16.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3km, which is a government school. The average school size is 144 students, which is lower 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).
144
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
952
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Alpine
1 school — 144 students, average ICSEA 952.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Colo Vale Public School, Colo Vale | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 144 | 952 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Alpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10044/alpine/topic/education