31.5% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Birdum · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Birdum
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 31.5% of people in Birdum have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is a sparsely populated area where school and university qualifications are much less common than in most other parts of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Northern Territory average, with only 31.5% of residents finishing. About 24.1% of people here have Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Birdum, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 11 (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Birdum hold a bachelor degree or higher, putting the area among the lowest in the country. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 22.2% of residents.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Birdum, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and Management and Commerce, each at 13.9%, followed by Society and Culture at 8.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of Birdum, which is a more common situation than in about 59% of similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Birdum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70034/birdum/topic/education