28.4% ▲ +74.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gunbalanya · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gunbalanya
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 28.4% of people in Gunbalanya have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in schooling is matched by a low number of higher degrees, with only 5.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the rest of the country, with 28.4% finishing Year 12 compared to 58.8% across Australia. About 22.9% of residents had Year 9 or below as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gunbalanya, the largest group is Year 12 at 31%, followed by Year 9 or below (25%) and Year 10 (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is much lower than most areas, sitting at 5.1% against the Northern Territory figure of 21.5%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 26% of the population.
5.1% ▲ +60.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Gunbalanya, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Certificate I / II (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 10.5%, followed by education at 9.8% and engineering at 8.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local government school has an average advantage score of 668, which is among the lowest for its level. The school is a combined primary and secondary facility with an average size of 231 students.
3.38
Lower than 54% 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).
231
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
668
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 Gunbalanya
1 school — 231 students, average ICSEA 668.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Gunbalanya School, Gunbalanya | Government | Combined | 6.8 km | 231 | 668 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gunbalanya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70115/gunbalanya/topic/education