53.5% ▲ +351.1%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Alyangula · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Alyangula
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more people in Alyangula have completed high school and university than in most similar areas. The town has seen a huge jump in education levels, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbing from 5.8% to 24.6% since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Over half of the residents have finished Year 12, a figure that has risen by 42 points since 2011. While this is well above the Northern Territory average, it remains well below the national 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.
About 24.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the state average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.7% of the population.
24.6% ▲ +324.4%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 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 most often in engineering and related fields at 18.2%, followed by management and commerce at 11.5% and education at 10.2%.
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 Alyangula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721001/alyangula/topic/education