48.3% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Katherine East · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Katherine East
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Katherine East have shifted over the last decade, though schooling rates remain notably lower than the national figure. While about 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, this is well below the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have finished Year 12, at 48.3%. This is a little below the Northern Territory's 49.8% and far below the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Katherine East, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has more adults with a bachelor's degree or higher than most similar areas, though at 19.3% it is still well below the national rate. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 27.2% of people.
19.3% ▲ +54.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 Katherine East, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 15.7%, followed by society and culture at 12.7% and engineering and related fields at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are eight schools within 3km, which is more than 80% of similar areas. Most of these are government schools, and the average school size of 217 is lower than in most other areas.
4.88
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
217
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
860
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Katherine East
8 schools — 1,737 students, average ICSEA 860.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| Katherine High School, Katherine East | Government | Secondary | 0.5 km | 468 | 797 |
| MacFarlane Primary School, Katherine East | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 189 | 665 |
| Casuarina Street Primary School, Katherine East | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 295 | 991 |
| St Joseph's Catholic College, Katherine | Catholic | Combined | 1.3 km | 299 | 974 |
| Clyde Fenton Primary School, Katherine | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 114 | 693 |
| Katherine School Of The Air, Katherine | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 137 | 931 |
| Kintore Street School, Katherine | Government | Combined | 3.1 km | 55 | 757 |
| Katherine South Primary School, Katherine South | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 180 | 907 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Katherine East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70145/katherine-east/topic/education