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Alpha · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Alpha

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A small number of adults in Alpha hold university degrees, with only 8% having a bachelor degree or higher. This is much lower than most similar areas and falls far below both the state and national figures. While school completion has improved since 2011, overall qualification levels remain low for the region.

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Where Alpha sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

8.0% ▼ -11.4%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Alpha — lower than 75% of areas.

Alpha8.0%
4724, QLD 7.2%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 37.2% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This result is around the middle for similar areas, though it has risen 5.7 percentage points since 2011.

Completed Year 12

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37.2% ▲ +18.1%

Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Alpha, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (19%).

Year 12 37.2% Year 10 28.8% Year 9 or below 16.4% Year 11 5.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

University degrees are rare here, as the 8% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the Queensland average of 21.9%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.4% of people.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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8.0% ▼ -11.4%

Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Alpha, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.

Certificate III / IV 36.4% Bachelor degree 11.6% Advanced diploma / diploma 7.4% Certificate I / II 5.0% Postgraduate degree 3.3%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering at 14.9% and education at 14%, followed by architecture and building at 9.9%.

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 Alpha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322002/alpha/topic/education