6.7% ▼ -60.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Limmen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Limmen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 10.3% of people in Limmen have Year 9 or below as their highest level of schooling. This is a sparsely populated area where formal education levels are far below the national and territory figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 6.7% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the 49.8% across the Northern Territory and 58.8% nationally.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Limmen, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 43%, followed by Year 12 (28%) and Year 10 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very rare here, with only 1.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%.
1.5% ▲ —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Limmen, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 79%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are natural and physical sciences at 2.3% and management and commerce at 1.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has three government-run combined schools, though the average school size is lower than most areas and they have some of the lowest advantage scores.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
122
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
665
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 Limmen
3 schools — 367 students, average ICSEA 665.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Combined 3
| Ngukurr School, Ngukurr | Government | Combined | 62.4 km | 207 | 676 |
| Urapunga School, Wilton | Government | Combined | 72.1 km | 26 | 641 |
| Minyerri School, Miniyeri | Government | Combined | 90.1 km | 134 | 653 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Limmen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70163/limmen/topic/education