39.2% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lansdowne · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lansdowne
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Lansdowne, held by 33.8% of adults. The area generally has lower educational attainment than the rest of the territory, with only 39.2% of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in Lansdowne finished high school compared to 49.8% in the Northern Territory and 58.8% across Australia. This gap is seen in the breakdown, where only 39.2% of residents completed Year 12.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lansdowne, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The 14.5% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is well below the territory figure of 21.5% and far below the national average of 26.3%.
14.5% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
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 Lansdowne, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees and certificates in the area are most often in Engineering and related fields at 14%, followed by Health at 13% and Management and commerce at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are seven schools within 3km, which is more than about 79% of similar areas. These schools are mostly government-run (85.7%) and tend to be smaller than those in most other areas.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
222
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
854
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 Lansdowne
7 schools — 1,557 students, average ICSEA 854.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| Casuarina Street Primary School, Katherine East | Government | Primary | 10.9 km | 295 | 991 |
| Katherine High School, Katherine East | Government | Secondary | 12.1 km | 468 | 797 |
| MacFarlane Primary School, Katherine East | Government | Primary | 12.2 km | 189 | 665 |
| St Joseph's Catholic College, Katherine | Catholic | Combined | 12.7 km | 299 | 974 |
| Clyde Fenton Primary School, Katherine | Government | Primary | 12.8 km | 114 | 693 |
| Katherine School Of The Air, Katherine | Government | Combined | 12.9 km | 137 | 931 |
| Kintore Street School, Katherine | Government | Combined | 14.4 km | 55 | 757 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lansdowne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70156/lansdowne/topic/education