40.4% ▲ +30.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Alpha · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Alpha
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 40.4% of people in Alpha finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This suggests a community where many adults left school early, and very few hold university degrees compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below those in Queensland and Australia. About 29.7% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 13.5% left at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Alpha, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7.2% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.3% of residents.
7.2% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Alpha, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering at 12.8% and Agriculture and environment at 11.9%, followed by Health at 10.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Alpha has a high number of schools for its child population, though the average school size is much lower than most areas. All schools are government-run, split evenly between primary and combined schools.
11.76
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
38
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
873
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Alpha
2 schools — 75 students, average ICSEA 873.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Alpha State School, Alpha | Government | Combined | 9.8 km | 54 | 879 |
| Jericho State School, Jericho | Government | Primary | 60.2 km | 21 | 858 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Alpha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30045/alpha/topic/education