12.3% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lajamanu · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lajamanu
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few areas have education levels as low as Lajamanu, where only 12.3% of people have finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, highlighting a significant gap in school completion for the community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Northern Territory's 49.8%, with about 40% of residents reaching Year 9 or below. Another 30.7% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lajamanu, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 42%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 12 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 5.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This is much lower than most other areas.
5.7% ▼ -35.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Lajamanu splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (27%) and Certificate III / IV (25%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are education at 12.1% and society and culture at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a few small schools, with an average size of 164 students, which is lower than most areas. Every school here is a government-run combined school.
4.22
Higher than 53% 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.
598
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 Lajamanu
1 school — 164 students, average ICSEA 598.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Lajamanu School, Lajamanu | Government | Combined | 21.0 km | 164 | 598 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lajamanu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70152/lajamanu/topic/education