30.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bradshaw · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Low school completion rates shape the local workforce in Bradshaw, where only 30.2% of people finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, reflecting a community where many residents left school early.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the Northern Territory and Australian figures. Roughly a quarter of residents finished Year 10, while 23.3% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
30.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Bradshaw, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (29%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most areas. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.1% of residents.
8.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Bradshaw, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 69%; Bachelor degree is next at 31%.
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread evenly across a few fields, with Engineering, Agriculture and Environment, and Management and Commerce each accounting for 13% of the total.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government-run combined school, which is much smaller than most with an average size of 38 students. This school has an advantage score of 723, among the lowest at this level.
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).
38
Lower than 86% 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).
1 school — 38 students, average ICSEA 723.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Timber Creek School, Timber Creek | Government | Combined | 56.0 km | 38 | 723 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bradshaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70038/bradshaw/topic/education