49.0% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Alonnah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Alonnah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have become more common in Alonnah, where 27.2% of adults now hold a bachelor degree or higher. This figure is well above the Tasmanian average and puts the area among the most qualified similar locations. Most residents have a strong educational foundation, though a fair few stopped school before Year 10.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Nearly half of residents, or 49%, have completed Year 12. While this is a little above the Tasmanian average, it remains well below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Alonnah, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A high proportion of adults hold university degrees, with 27.0% having a bachelor degree and 13.0% holding a postgraduate qualification. This means the area is much more qualified than most similar places.
27.2% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Alonnah splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (32%), with Postgraduate degree at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Alonnah are spread across several fields, with health being the most common at 13.0%, followed by management, commerce and the creative arts at 10.0% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than the average school in similar areas with only 56 students.
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).
56
Lower than 83% 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 Alonnah
1 school — 56 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bruny Island District School, Alonnah | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 56 | 992 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Alonnah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60012/alonnah/topic/education