7.1% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Laramba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Laramba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents in Laramba have finished high school, with only 7.1% completing Year 12. This means the vast majority of the community left school early, creating a significant gap in formal qualifications compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Most people in the area finished Year 9 or below, accounting for 57.4% of residents. This level of schooling is far below the Northern Territory figure of 49.8% for Year 12 completion.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Laramba, Year 9 or below is the majority at 60%; Year 11 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, as adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 4.9% of the population. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
4.9% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Laramba, Bachelor degree is the majority at 57%; Postgraduate degree is next at 43%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 35%, ahead of Management & commerce (29%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government school that handles all year levels. While the average school size is much lower than most areas at 46 students, the number of schools per 1,000 children is among the highest at this level.
23.26
Higher than 90% 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).
46
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
561
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 Laramba
1 school — 46 students, average ICSEA 561.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Laramba School, Laramba | Government | Combined | 1.2 km | 46 | 561 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Laramba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70157/laramba/topic/education