53.5% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Alyangula · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Alyangula
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above the Northern Territory average, 53.5% of residents in Alyangula have completed Year 12. This educational attainment is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure of 58.8%. The community shows a strong trend toward higher learning, with a notable number of residents holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents have finished Year 12, which is 3.7 percentage points above the Territory average. However, this is 5.3 points below the Australian figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Alyangula, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Northern Territory's 21.5%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.7% of residents.
24.6% ▲ +39.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.6%
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 Alyangula, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Alyangula are led by Engineering and related fields at 18.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.5% and Education at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government combined school with an average size of 203 students, which is lower than most areas. This school's average advantage score is among the lowest at this level.
4.00
Higher than 52% 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).
203
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
888
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 Alyangula
1 school — 203 students, average ICSEA 888.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Alyangula Area School, Alyangula | Government | Combined | 0.1 km | 203 | 888 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Alyangula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70007/alyangula/topic/education