18.3% ▲ +48.4%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elliott · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Elliott
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Elliott than in most similar areas. Only 18.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap is reflected in the low number of adults with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Leaving school early is common here, with 29.2% of people reaching Year 10 as their highest level. Those finishing Year 12 are far fewer than in the Northern Territory, trailing the state average by 32 points.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Elliott, the largest group is Year 10 at 34%, followed by Year 9 or below (27%) and Year 12 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon in the area, as only 5.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%, with many residents instead holding a Certificate III or IV.
5.4% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Elliott, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Certificate I / II (29%) and Bachelor degree (9%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, with the most common being architecture and building at 18.4%, followed by society and culture at 16.3% and education at 15.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though they are much smaller than in most other areas. The sole local school is a government-run combined primary and secondary facility.
12.50
Higher than 79% 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).
70
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
611
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 Elliott
1 school — 70 students, average ICSEA 611.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Elliott School, Elliott | Government | Combined | 0.7 km | 70 | 611 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elliott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70091/elliott/topic/education