22.4% ▲ +155.2%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Emungalan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Emungalan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Emungalan compared to the rest of the country. Only 22.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, where university degrees are very uncommon.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates are among the lowest for this level, with only 22.4% of people finishing Year 12. This is far below the Northern Territory average of 49.8%. About 22.9% of residents left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Emungalan splits fairly evenly between Year 9 or below (27%) and Year 12 (26%), with Year 10 at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 3.7% 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 36.9% of people.
3.7% ▲ —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Emungalan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Emungalan are most often in agriculture and environment or health, each making up 10.7% of the total. Engineering, education, and management each account for 4.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are seven schools within 3km, which is more than most similar areas. These schools are typically smaller than average, and 85.7% are government run.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
206
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
833
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Emungalan
7 schools — 1,442 students, average ICSEA 833.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 3 · Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Katherine School Of The Air, Katherine | Government | Combined | 4.2 km | 137 | 931 |
| Clyde Fenton Primary School, Katherine | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 114 | 693 |
| St Joseph's Catholic College, Katherine | Catholic | Combined | 5.3 km | 299 | 974 |
| Katherine High School, Katherine East | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 468 | 797 |
| MacFarlane Primary School, Katherine East | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 189 | 665 |
| Kintore Street School, Katherine | Government | Combined | 6.0 km | 55 | 757 |
| Katherine South Primary School, Katherine South | Government | Primary | 7.9 km | 180 | 907 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Emungalan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70094/emungalan/topic/education