26.3% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Batchelor · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Batchelor
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower schooling and qualification rates than most similar areas define Batchelor. Only 26.3% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend extends to higher education, where university degrees are also uncommon.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of the Territory, with only 26.3% reaching this level. This is 24 points below the Northern Territory average and 33 points below the Australian figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Batchelor, the largest group is Year 12 at 35%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 11 (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is limited, with 10.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common high-level certificates at 22.4%.
10.6% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Batchelor, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Education at 10.7%, followed by Agriculture and Environment at 9.3% and Management and Commerce at 8.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Batchelor has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though they are typically smaller than average. The local schools are all government-run combined schools.
12.05
Higher than 78% 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).
105
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
723
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 Batchelor
1 school — 105 students, average ICSEA 723.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Batchelor Area School, Batchelor | Government | Combined | 4.8 km | 105 | 723 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Batchelor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70024/batchelor/topic/education