34.6% ▲ +22.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Alloway · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Alloway
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower rates of formal schooling and degrees mark Alloway compared to similar areas. Only 34.6% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This pattern continues into higher education, where very few adults hold university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in Alloway finished high school than in the rest of Australia, with the Year 12 completion rate sitting 24 points below the national average. About 28.8% of residents reached Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Alloway, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here; only 7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 41.3%.
7.0% ▲ +74.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Alloway, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most commonly studied engineering and related fields (17.4%) or society and culture (16.0%), followed by management and commerce at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Alloway has a high number of schools per 1,000 children and six schools within 3km. The typical school is larger than most others at this level, with half being government run.
12.20
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
439
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Alloway
6 schools — 2,632 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 2
| Alloway State School, Alloway | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 63 | 938 |
| Thabeban State School, Thabeban | Government | Primary | 6.1 km | 95 | 858 |
| Burnett Youth Learning Centre, Elliott | Independent | Secondary | 6.2 km | 76 | 898 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bundaberg | Catholic | Primary | 6.7 km | 490 | 995 |
| Shalom College, Bundaberg | Catholic | Secondary | 6.8 km | 1,558 | 1,027 |
| Walkervale State School, Walkervale | Government | Primary | 7.6 km | 350 | 900 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Alloway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30042/alloway/topic/education