46.4% ▲ +31.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Alberton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Alberton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Alberton have remained steady but low compared to the rest of the country. Fewer than half of adults here have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap is reflected in a low number of university degrees among the local population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 46.4% of adults finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. About 30.5% of the population stopped after Year 10, while 10.6% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Alberton, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 10.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. Most residents hold a Certificate III or IV, which is the most common qualification at 45.2%.
10.1% ▲ +32.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Alberton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with degrees, the most common fields are Engineering at 22.0% and Management and Commerce at 16.2%. Architecture and building qualifications follow at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Alberton has six schools within 3km, more than 77% of similar areas, though they have a lower advantage score than most. The typical school is quite large, with an average of 746 students.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
746
Higher than 92% 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 Alberton
6 schools — 4,474 students, average ICSEA 952.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Carbrook Animal Assisted Learning Centre, Carbrook | Independent | Secondary | 4.0 km | 40 | 958 |
| Kimberley College, Carbrook | Independent | Combined | 4.3 km | 745 | 1,058 |
| Carbrook State School, Carbrook | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 333 | 1,008 |
| Eagleby South State School, Eagleby | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 471 | 901 |
| Eagleby State School, Eagleby | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 527 | 921 |
| Beenleigh State High School, Beenleigh | Government | Secondary | 6.1 km | 2,358 | 928 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Alberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30022/alberton/topic/education