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Education & Qualifications in Warakurna

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

Warakurna has some of the lowest levels of formal schooling and higher education among similar areas. Only 15.7% of people have finished Year 12, and university degrees are far less common here than in the rest of the country.

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📍 Warakurna, Suburb / Locality

Where Warakurna sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

8.4% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Warakurna — lower than 77% of areas.

Warakurna8.4%
0872 crosses NT/SA/WA 6.8%
Western Australia 23.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Schooling levels are far below the national figure, with only 15.7% of residents completing Year 12. A third of the community reached Year 10, while 23.6% finished Year 9 or below.

Highest year of school

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In Warakurna, the largest group is Year 10 at 38%, followed by Year 9 or below (26%) and Year 11 (18%).

Year 10 33.9% Year 9 or below 23.6% Year 11 16.5% Year 12 15.7%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 8.4%, which is much lower than most areas. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%.

Highest qualification level

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In Warakurna, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.

Bachelor degree 32.4%

Field of study

What people studied.

Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are education at 18.9% and society and culture at 13.5%. Creative arts accounts for 10.8% of qualifications.

Field of qualification

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In Warakurna, the largest group is Education at 44%, followed by Society & culture (31%) and Creative arts (25%).

Education 18.9% Society & culture 13.5% Creative arts 10.8%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.

Schools within 3 km

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Warakurna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51528/warakurna/topic/education