32.8% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Alva · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Alva
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Alva have completed high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 32.8% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also much lower than in most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland average, with only 32.8% of residents finishing school. The most common highest level of schooling reached is Year 10, at 39.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Alva, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (38%) and Year 11 (8%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 5.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.9% of residents.
5.8% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Alva, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 23.6%. Management and commerce follow at 11.2%, and architecture and building at 10.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is among the smallest at this level with an average size of 15 students. Its school advantage score is also among the lowest for similar areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
15
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
883
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Alva
1 school — 15 students, average ICSEA 883.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kalamia State School, Brandon | Government | Primary | 12.1 km | 15 | 883 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Alva [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30048/alva/topic/education