41.3% ▲ +47.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Katherine South · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Katherine South
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Katherine South finished high school, though a surprising number of residents hold high-level degrees. This creates a wide gap in education levels across the area. While the typical person has not finished Year 12, nearly one in five adults has a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 49.8% and far below the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Katherine South, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 18.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a rate higher than most similar areas, though it remains a little below the Territory average.
18.9% ▲ +73.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Katherine South splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 11.8%, followed by society and culture at 10.6% and education at 9.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are more schools here per child than in most areas, with eight schools within 3km. These are mostly government-run, though the average school size is smaller than usual.
6.25
Higher than 64% 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 South
8 schools — 1,737 students, average ICSEA 860.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| Katherine South Primary School, Katherine South | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 180 | 907 |
| Kintore Street School, Katherine | Government | Combined | 1.6 km | 55 | 757 |
| St Joseph's Catholic College, Katherine | Catholic | Combined | 2.5 km | 299 | 974 |
| MacFarlane Primary School, Katherine East | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 189 | 665 |
| Katherine High School, Katherine East | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 468 | 797 |
| Clyde Fenton Primary School, Katherine | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 114 | 693 |
| Katherine School Of The Air, Katherine | Government | Combined | 3.3 km | 137 | 931 |
| Casuarina Street Primary School, Katherine East | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 295 | 991 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Katherine South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70146/katherine-south/topic/education