42.6% ▲ +21.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bees Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bees Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Bees Creek have remained steady since 2011, though they sit well below national figures. Only 42.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the territory, with 42.6% completing Year 12. This is well below the Northern Territory figure of 49.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bees Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common in Bees Creek, where 12.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are more typical at 39.4%.
12.9% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Bees Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most often in Engineering and related fields at 20.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 11%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, which is more than most similar areas. These schools are larger than average and split evenly between government, Catholic, and independent sectors.
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).
421
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bees Creek
4 schools — 1,684 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Sattler Christian College, Freds Pass | Independent | Combined | 4.3 km | 245 | 997 |
| Bees Creek Primary School, Freds Pass | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 283 | 976 |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Humpty Doo | Catholic | Primary | 4.8 km | 107 | 979 |
| Taminmin College, Humpty Doo | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 1,049 | 937 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bees Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70026/bees-creek/topic/education