68.8% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 68.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fannie Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Fannie Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Highly educated residents define Fannie Bay, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is among the highest in the region. About 40.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far above both the Northern Territory and national levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much higher here than in most similar areas, with 68.8% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far above the Northern Territory figure of 49.8% and well above the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Fannie Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 10 is next at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is common, with 33% of residents holding a bachelor degree and another 15.2% with a postgraduate qualification. This level of achievement is far above the national average.
40.7% ▲ +39.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 40.7%
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 Fannie Bay, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Certificate III / IV (19%) and Postgraduate degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 20%, followed by society and culture at 15.4% and health at 14.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are larger and have higher advantage scores than most areas. While there are 10 schools within 3km, there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most similar places.
2.30
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
433
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,034
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Fannie Bay
10 schools — 4,327 students, average ICSEA 1,034.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Secondary 5 · Primary 5
| SEDA College NT, Fannie Bay | Independent | Secondary | 0.5 km | 150 | 980 |
| Parap Primary School, Parap | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 405 | 1,066 |
| Darwin Middle School, The Gardens | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 663 | 1,065 |
| Darwin High School, The Gardens | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 1,286 | 1,050 |
| St John's Catholic College, The Gardens | Catholic | Secondary | 1.5 km | 287 | 957 |
| Northern Territory School of Distance Education, The Gardens | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 252 | 837 |
| Stuart Park Primary School, Stuart Park | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 492 | 1,054 |
| Ludmilla Primary School, Ludmilla | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 132 | 905 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Darwin | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 180 | 1,076 |
| Larrakeyah Primary School, Larrakeyah | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 480 | 1,086 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fannie Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70097/fannie-bay/topic/education