21.3% ▲ +24.2%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Canteen Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Canteen Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents have finished high school in Canteen Creek, with only 21.3% completing Year 12. This makes it one of the areas with the lowest school completion rates in the region, falling far below both the Northern Territory and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 21.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. More than four in ten residents left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Canteen Creek, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 46%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 12 (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are rare here, held by just 7.5% of adults. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia, though 17.9% of people hold a Certificate III or IV.
7.5% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 Canteen Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 33%, followed by Postgraduate degree (27%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is Engineering and related subjects at 28.6%, followed by Education and Management and commerce at 10.7% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Canteen Creek has one small government school that serves all year levels, which is much smaller than most areas. While the school's advantage score is among the lowest, there are 20.41 schools per 1,000 children, a much higher rate than most areas.
20.41
Higher than 88% 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).
49
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
564
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 Canteen Creek
1 school — 49 students, average ICSEA 564.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Canteen Creek School, Canteen Creek | Government | Combined | 0.7 km | 49 | 564 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Canteen Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70050/canteen-creek/topic/education