48.5% ▲ +40.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Girraween · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Girraween
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Girraween, held by 43.9% of adults. The area generally has lower formal education levels than the rest of the territory and the nation, with fewer than half of residents finishing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 48.5%, which is a little below the Northern Territory figure and far below the Australian average of 58.8%. Roughly 22% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Girraween, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.6% of the population, a figure that is well below the territory average and far below the national rate of 26.3%.
13.6% ▲ +21.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 Girraween, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 23.3%, followed by management and commerce at 19.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Girraween has seven schools within 3km, which is more than about 79% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, though the average school advantage score is lower than in most areas.
2.98
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
376
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
953
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Girraween
7 schools — 2,635 students, average ICSEA 953.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Girraween Primary School, Girraween | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 312 | 978 |
| Sattler Christian College, Freds Pass | Independent | Combined | 4.8 km | 245 | 997 |
| Bees Creek Primary School, Freds Pass | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 283 | 976 |
| Humpty Doo Primary School, Humpty Doo | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 362 | 924 |
| Taminmin College, Humpty Doo | Government | Secondary | 6.1 km | 1,049 | 937 |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Humpty Doo | Catholic | Primary | 6.2 km | 107 | 979 |
| Howard Springs Primary School, Howard Springs | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 277 | 951 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Girraween [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70110/girraween/topic/education