56.7% ▲ +18.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 49.8%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gillen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gillen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over half of adults in Gillen have completed Year 12, which is a much higher rate than in most similar areas. This high level of schooling is reflected in the local workforce, where nearly a quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 56.7%, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 49.8% and just a little below the national rate of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gillen, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 24.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Northern Territory average.
24.7% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Gillen splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (34%) and Bachelor degree (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 15.7%, followed closely by society and culture at 15.3% and health at 14.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 17 schools within 3km, which is more than 87% of similar areas, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
3.92
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
17
Higher than 86% 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).
265
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
944
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gillen
17 schools — 4,497 students, average ICSEA 944.
By sector: Government 10 · Independent 5 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 7 · Combined 6 · Secondary 4
| Centralian Middle School, Alice Springs | Government | Secondary | 0.2 km | 338 | 816 |
| Gillen Primary School, Gillen | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 230 | 807 |
| Bradshaw Primary School, Gillen | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 381 | 918 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Flexible School, Alice Springs | Catholic | Secondary | 1.2 km | 82 | — |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College, Alice Springs | Catholic | Combined | 1.2 km | 823 | 1,028 |
| Araluen Christian College, Alice Springs | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 104 | 997 |
| Yipirinya School, Alice Springs | Independent | Combined | 1.7 km | 186 | 729 |
| St Philip's College, Alice Springs | Independent | Secondary | 2.9 km | 502 | 1,031 |
| Ross Park Primary School, Alice Springs | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 413 | 1,040 |
| Centralian Senior College, Alice Springs | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 351 | 879 |
| Sadadeen Primary School, Alice Springs | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 118 | 793 |
| Acacia Hill School, Sadadeen | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 96 | 789 |
| Alice Springs School Of The Air, Alice Springs | Government | Combined | 3.7 km | 77 | 1,025 |
| Larapinta Primary School, Alice Springs | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 285 | 909 |
| Braitling Primary School, Braitling | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 218 | 911 |
| Living Waters Lutheran School, Alice Springs | Independent | Primary | 3.8 km | 131 | 1,029 |
| Alice Springs Steiner School, Ross | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 162 | 1,085 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gillen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70109/gillen/topic/education