40.5% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Alexandra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Alexandra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of residents in Alexandra have completed Year 12, with only 40.5% finishing their secondary schooling. This is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. The area typically holds qualifications that are more practical and vocational than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, and 20.2% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Alexandra, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 15% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 35% of the population.
15.0% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Alexandra, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering at 13% and Education at 12.6% being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 7.26 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most similar areas. These schools tend to be smaller than average, with three located within 3 km of the town centre.
7.26
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
205
Lower than 62% 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 Alexandra
3 schools — 614 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| St Mary's School, Alexandra | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 134 | 1,019 |
| Alexandra Primary School, Alexandra | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 156 | 984 |
| Alexandra Secondary College, Alexandra | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 324 | 968 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Alexandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20022/alexandra/topic/education