33.0% ▲ +46.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Livingstone · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Livingstone
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Schooling and qualification levels in Livingstone have remained low compared to the rest of the country. Only 33% of residents have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap is seen across the board, with very few adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in most other areas. At 33%, the rate is far below the Northern Territory figure of 49.8% and well under the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Livingstone, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in Livingstone, where only 9.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while the most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35% of residents.
9.9% ▲ +29.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Livingstone, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with a qualification, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 17.9%. Other notable areas of study include Society and Culture at 9.8% and Management and Commerce at 9.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 kilometres of the area. This is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Livingstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70165/livingstone/topic/education