31.4% ▲ +30.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Darwin River · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Darwin River
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 27 percentage points separates Darwin River from the national average in Year 12 completion. Only 31.4% of residents here finished high school, which is far below both the state and national figures. This reflects a workforce that relies more on practical training than formal schooling.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over 31% of people finished Year 12, a figure far below the Northern Territory average of 49.8%. Roughly a quarter of the population lists Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Darwin River, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.5% of residents.
10.0% ▲ +39.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Darwin River, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering qualifications are the most common, making up 21.8% of the total. Other frequent fields include management and commerce at 10.7%, and architecture and building at 9.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Darwin River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70074/darwin-river/topic/education