40.6% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ilparpa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ilparpa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 40.6% of people in Ilparpa have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. Despite this, over a fifth of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, making the area more qualified than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well below the Northern Territory average, with 17.8% of residents finishing at Year 10 and 11.8% leaving at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ilparpa, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 20.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is a little below the territory figure. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 32% of people.
20.3% ▲ +18.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 Ilparpa, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (11%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 15.8%, followed by health, management, and society and culture, which each account for 11%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Ilparpa has eight schools within 3km, more than 80% of similar areas, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
289
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
925
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ilparpa
8 schools — 2,310 students, average ICSEA 925.
By sector: Independent 3 · Government 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Secondary 3 · Combined 3 · Primary 2
| Yirara College, Alice Springs | Independent | Secondary | 4.6 km | 190 | 654 |
| Araluen Christian College, Alice Springs | Independent | Combined | 4.8 km | 104 | 997 |
| Bradshaw Primary School, Gillen | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 381 | 918 |
| Alice Springs Steiner School, Ross | Independent | Combined | 5.4 km | 162 | 1,085 |
| Centralian Middle School, Alice Springs | Government | Secondary | 5.5 km | 338 | 816 |
| Gillen Primary School, Gillen | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 230 | 807 |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College, Alice Springs | Catholic | Combined | 6.5 km | 823 | 1,028 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Flexible School, Alice Springs | Catholic | Secondary | 6.5 km | 82 | — |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ilparpa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70133/ilparpa/topic/education