40.0% ▲ +26.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 40.0%
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.
Far fewer residents in Alexandra finished high school than the state or national average. Only 40% of the population completed Year 12, and university degrees are quite rare here. This gap in formal schooling is mirrored in the local qualifications, where just 8.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of people finishing Year 12 is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average of 58.8%. Around 38% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Alexandra splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (41%), with Year 11 at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are much less common here than in most areas, with a typical bachelor degree rate of 8.7% compared to 26.3% nationally. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, which 61.3% of the group possess.
8.7% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 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 Alexandra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 35%, followed by Management and Commerce at 23.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3 km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These are split evenly between the government and Catholic sectors.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
328
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
978
Lower than 58% 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
2 schools — 655 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2
| St John's Catholic Primary School, Walkerston | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 349 | 1,003 |
| Walkerston State School, Walkerston | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 306 | 949 |
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/SAL30029/alexandra/topic/education