36.8% ▲ +27.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Berry Springs · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Berry Springs
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Berry Springs have finished high school than in most other areas. Only 36.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap in schooling is reflected in the local qualification levels, where higher degrees are much less common than across the territory.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 36.8% of people have finished Year 12, a figure far below the Northern Territory average of 49.8%. Other common highest levels of schooling include Year 10 at 24.8% and Year 11 at 12.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Berry Springs, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up only 9.3% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.4% of residents.
9.3% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Berry Springs, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 21.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 9.4% and Society and culture at 7.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one primary government school, which is smaller than most similar schools. This school's advantage score of 939 is much lower than most other areas.
4.85
Higher than 58% 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).
213
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
939
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Berry Springs
1 school — 213 students, average ICSEA 939.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Berry Springs Primary School, Berry Springs | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 213 | 939 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Berry Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70030/berry-springs/topic/education