Jilkminggan · Suburb / Locality

Education & Qualifications in Jilkminggan

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Few residents in Jilkminggan have completed secondary school, with only 22.7% finishing Year 12. This creates a local landscape where a small number of people hold formal qualifications, and most adults have not reached the national typical level of schooling.

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📍 Jilkminggan, Suburb / Locality

Where Jilkminggan sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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  • 27.9%–30.0%: 369 areas
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  • 53.6%–55.7%: 55 areas
  • 55.7%–57.9%: 48 areas
  • 57.9%–60.0%: 56 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Jilkminggan — lower than 99% of areas.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher compared with the state and national average
Jilkminggan0.0%
0852, NT 5.9%
Northern Territory 21.5%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 22.7% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 49.8% and the national figure of 58.8%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 9 or below, at 30.9%.

22.7% ▲ +242.0%

Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.6%
  • 2016: 15.5%
  • 2021: 22.7%

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Jilkminggan splits fairly evenly between Year 9 or below (32%) and Year 11 (28%), with Year 12 at 23%.

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

No adults in Jilkminggan hold a bachelor degree or higher, a result far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV (34.4%) or a Certificate I or II (18.8%).

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Jilkminggan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Certificate I / II is next at 35%.

Field of study

What people studied.

Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are architecture and building alongside society and culture, each at 12.5%. Other common areas include engineering and related fields at 9.4%.

Field of qualification

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Jilkminggan splits fairly evenly between Architecture & building (22%) and Society & culture (22%), with Engineering & related at 16%.

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

The area has one government-run combined school that is much smaller than most, with an average size of 57 students. Despite the small school size, there are 14.93 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas.

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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).

625

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 in and around Jilkminggan — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Schools serving Jilkminggan

1 school — 57 students, average ICSEA 625.

By sector: Government 1

By type: Combined 1

Schools serving Jilkminggan, sortable by name, sector, type, distance and student count
Jilkminggan School, Jilkminggan Government Combined 1.0 km 57 625

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Jilkminggan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70137/jilkminggan/topic/education