21.1% ▲ +85.5%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Anindilyakwa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Anindilyakwa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 21.1% of people in Anindilyakwa have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This highlights a significant gap in formal schooling and higher qualifications compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the lowest for areas of this type, sitting 29 points below the Northern Territory average. About 19.5% of residents finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Anindilyakwa splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (32%), with Year 10 at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up only 6.8% of the population, which is far below both the state and national figures. Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common at 13%.
6.8% ▲ +88.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Anindilyakwa, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Postgraduate degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification include engineering and related studies at 5.2%, followed by food, hospitality and personal services at 4.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
All four local schools are government-run and combined primary and secondary institutions. On average, these schools are much smaller than those in most other areas, with a typical size of 83 students.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
83
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
783
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Anindilyakwa
4 schools — 332 students, average ICSEA 783.
By sector: Government 4
By type: Combined 4
| Angurugu School, Angurugu | Government | Combined | 8.4 km | 63 | 629 |
| Alyangula Area School, Alyangula | Government | Combined | 17.9 km | 203 | 888 |
| Alyarrmandumanja Umbakumba School, Umbakumba | Government | Combined | 32.1 km | 49 | 591 |
| Milyakburra School, Milyakburra | Government | Combined | 42.0 km | 17 | 659 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Anindilyakwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70012/anindilyakwa/topic/education