36.5% ▲ +183.9%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Allingham · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Allingham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A huge 24 percentage point jump in Year 12 completions since 2011 marks a major shift in education for Allingham. While schooling levels have risen, they remain far below the national figure. Most adults here hold a certificate rather than a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.5% of people have finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. This is a significant improvement from 2011, when only 12.9% of the community had reached that level.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Allingham, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.7% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common top qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.7% of residents.
11.7% ▲ +190.3%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Allingham, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 22.1%, followed by management and commerce at 11.6% and education at 10.0%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Allingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315003/allingham/topic/education