56.0% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Larrimah · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 10 percentage points exists between Larrimah and the national average for university degrees. While more than half of residents here finished high school, the area lacks local schooling facilities.
Highest year of school completed.
About 56% of people completed Year 12, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 49.8% and higher than most similar areas.
56.0% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Larrimah, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 16%, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3% and well below the Territory figure.
16.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Larrimah, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 31%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a result that is common for about 59% of similar locations.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Larrimah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70160/larrimah/topic/education