22.2% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tanami · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tanami
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A huge gap in schooling exists between Tanami and the rest of the country, with only 22.2% of residents completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, reflecting a community where many adults left school before finishing their final year.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 22.2% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 27.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tanami, the largest group is Year 10 at 30%, followed by Year 12 (24%) and Year 9 or below (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 6.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3% and much lower than most other areas.
6.5% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Tanami splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (30%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Postgraduate degree at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Education at 15.2% and Society and Culture at 13.3%. Other notable fields include Architecture and Building at 9.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Schools here are much smaller than usual, with an average size of 63 students. There are 8.47 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas, and the only school is a combined Catholic institution.
8.47
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
63
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
676
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Tanami
1 school — 63 students, average ICSEA 676.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1
| Luurnpa Catholic School, Halls Creek | Catholic | Combined | 52.1 km | 63 | 676 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tanami [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51433/tanami/topic/education