55.9% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.2%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Alice Springs · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Alice Springs
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More adults hold university degrees in Alice Springs than in most similar areas. This educational trend is clear, with 27.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well above the Northern Territory average. The area has also seen a steady climb in school and university completion over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has risen 11 points since 2011 to reach 55.9%. This is well above the Northern Territory figure of 49.8%, though it remains a little below the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Alice Springs, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 27.5%, which is among the highest at this level for similar areas. This is well above the 21.5% seen across the Northern Territory.
27.5% ▲ +41.9%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Alice Springs splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Health is the most common field of qualification at 15.8%, followed closely by management and commerce at 15.1% and society and culture at 15.0%.
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 Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL712001/alice-springs/topic/education