50.1% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
South Albury · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in South Albury
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Sixteen schools within a 3km radius make South Albury much better served for education than about 87% of similar areas. While it has more schools and larger average school sizes than most, typical educational attainment remains well below state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this 50.1% is still well below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In South Albury, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Those with a bachelor degree or higher make up 19.2% of adults, a figure higher than most similar areas but well below the national average. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 34% of residents.
19.2% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 South Albury, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are management and commerce at 14.3%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 5.99 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas. Government schools make up the majority at 56.3%, with an average school size of 618 students.
5.99
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
618
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving South Albury
16 schools — 9,884 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 9 · Independent 4 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 5 · Combined 4
| Indie School Albury, Albury | Independent | Secondary | 1.0 km | 872 | 888 |
| Aspect Riverina School, Albury | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 90 | 1,011 |
| St Patrick's Parish School, Albury | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 501 | 1,069 |
| Albury Public School, Albury | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 637 | 1,049 |
| Albury West Public School, Albury | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 165 | 918 |
| Albury High School, Albury | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 910 | 1,016 |
| The Scots School Albury, Albury | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 714 | 1,132 |
| St Augustine's School, Wodonga | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 318 | 1,041 |
| Indie School Wodonga, Wodonga | Independent | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,617 | 946 |
| Wodonga Primary School, Wodonga | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 869 | 981 |
| Albury North Public School, Albury | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 285 | 893 |
| Wodonga Middle Years College, Wodonga | Government | Combined | 4.2 km | 996 | 939 |
| Kandeer School, North Albury | Government | Combined | 4.2 km | 18 | 811 |
| Wodonga West Primary School, Wodonga | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 289 | 932 |
| Xavier Catholic College, North Albury | Catholic | Secondary | 4.4 km | 932 | 1,034 |
| James Fallon High School, North Albury | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 671 | 905 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in South Albury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13589/south-albury/topic/education