66.2% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 66.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
East Side · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in East Side
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-one percent of adults in East Side hold a bachelor degree or higher, making it one of the most qualified areas in the region. This high level of education is mirrored in school completion rates, which sit far above the Northern Territory average. The area is a hub for professionals with high-level qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very high at 66.2%, which is far above the Northern Territory's 49.8% and well above the national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In East Side, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical adult is highly qualified, with 40.9% holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above both the Northern Territory and Australia.
40.9% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 40.9%
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 East Side, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Certificate III / IV (21%) and Postgraduate degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Most qualifications are in society and culture (17.2%) and health (16.6%), followed by management and commerce at 14%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 13 schools within 3km, though the average school advantage score of 936 is much lower than most areas.
1.72
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
293
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
936
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving East Side
13 schools — 3,815 students, average ICSEA 936.
By sector: Government 9 · Independent 2 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 4 · Combined 4
| Ross Park Primary School, Alice Springs | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 413 | 1,040 |
| Centralian Senior College, Alice Springs | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 351 | 879 |
| Acacia Hill School, Sadadeen | Government | Combined | 1.0 km | 96 | 789 |
| Sadadeen Primary School, Alice Springs | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 118 | 793 |
| St Philip's College, Alice Springs | Independent | Secondary | 1.6 km | 502 | 1,031 |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College, Alice Springs | Catholic | Combined | 2.8 km | 823 | 1,028 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Flexible School, Alice Springs | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 82 | — |
| Gillen Primary School, Gillen | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 230 | 807 |
| Braitling Primary School, Braitling | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 218 | 911 |
| Alice Springs School Of The Air, Alice Springs | Government | Combined | 3.7 km | 77 | 1,025 |
| Centralian Middle School, Alice Springs | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 338 | 816 |
| Yipirinya School, Alice Springs | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 186 | 729 |
| Bradshaw Primary School, Gillen | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 381 | 918 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in East Side [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70088/east-side/topic/education