17.7% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kalkarindji · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kalkarindji
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Kalkarindji is among the lowest for similar areas, with only 17.7% of people completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Most residents have a limited formal schooling background, which is reflected in the low proportion of adults with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 17.7% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Northern Territory's 49.8%. Nearly 30% of residents left school in Year 9 or below, while 22.6% reached Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kalkarindji, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 35%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 12 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.4% of the population, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Among those with a degree, 17.5% hold a bachelor degree, followed by 13.2% with a Certificate III or IV.
8.4% ▲ +13.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Kalkarindji, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are society and culture at 10.5%, followed by health at 9.6% and education at 8.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Kalkarindji has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size of 164 is lower than usual. The only school is a government-run combined primary and secondary facility.
9.62
Higher than 74% 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).
164
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
593
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 Kalkarindji
1 school — 164 students, average ICSEA 593.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Kalkaringi School, Kalkarindji | Government | Combined | 0.3 km | 164 | 593 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kalkarindji [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70141/kalkarindji/topic/education