16.4% ▲ +145.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hugh · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hugh
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents in Hugh have finished high school or university compared to other areas. Only 16.4% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a distinct educational profile for the area where few adults hold higher degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the lowest for similar areas, with only 16.4% finishing Year 12. This is far below the Northern Territory's 49.8%, and nearly half of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hugh, Year 10 is the majority at 51%; Year 9 or below is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees are very rare here, held by just 2% of adults. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia, though Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common at 20%.
2.0% ▲ +58.6%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Hugh, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications in the area are in management and commerce and society and culture, each at 9.1%. Health (8.2%) and agriculture and environment (6.4%) are also frequent fields of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area's only school is a government-run combined facility. With a typical size of 37 students, it is much smaller than most areas and has one of the lowest advantage scores.
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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
698
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 Hugh
1 school — 37 students, average ICSEA 698.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Titjikala School, Titjikala | Government | Combined | 60.2 km | 37 | 698 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hugh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70130/hugh/topic/education