42.0% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Alford · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Alford
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of the adults in Mount Alford have finished Year 12, reflecting a local trend where many residents leave school early. Despite this, around 20% of the population holds a university degree, which is higher than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. About 26.7% of residents finished at Year 10, while 13.6% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Alford, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 19.5% of the population, a little below the Queensland figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.5% of residents.
19.5% ▲ +80.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 Mount Alford, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering at 19%, Society and Culture at 16.3%, and Management and Commerce at 15%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 37 students. However, there are 23.26 schools per 1,000 children, among the highest for this level.
23.26
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Alford
1 school — 37 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Alford State School, Mount Alford | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 37 | 982 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Alford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31934/mount-alford/topic/education