20.8% ▲ +72.2%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ali Curung · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ali Curung
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents have completed high school in Ali Curung than in most similar areas. Only 20.8% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap is reflected in the low number of adults with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Leaving school early is common here, with 40% of people finishing at Year 9 or below. This is among the lowest levels of Year 12 completion across the region, sitting 29 points below the Northern Territory average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ali Curung, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 40%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 12 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare, as only 4.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 29%.
4.2% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Ali Curung, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Education at 17.4% and Society and Culture at 15.9%. Engineering and Management are also common, each accounting for 13% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the average school size is much lower than most areas at 79 students. All local schools are government-run combined primary and secondary institutions.
7.94
Higher than 71% 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).
79
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
637
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 Ali Curung
1 school — 79 students, average ICSEA 637.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Alekarenge School, Ali Curung | Government | Combined | 9.1 km | 79 | 637 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ali Curung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70004/ali-curung/topic/education