72.8% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 68.2%
- 2021: 72.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lyons · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lyons
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more people in Lyons have finished high school than in the rest of the Northern Territory. About 73% of residents completed Year 12, which is 23 percentage points higher than the Territory average and well above the national figure. This high level of schooling is reflected in a population where nearly a third of adults hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very high here at 72.8%, far above the national rate of 58.8%. Only 3.8% of residents finished at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lyons, Year 12 is the majority at 78%; Year 10 is next at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 31.6% of adults, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average. Certificates III and IV are the next most common qualification at 23.9%.
31.6% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Lyons splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (28%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with health and management and commerce both accounting for 19.4% of degrees. Engineering and society and culture also make up significant shares at 14.1% and 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 15 schools within 3km, which is more than 86% of similar areas. The vast majority of these are government primary schools.
15
Higher than 86% 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).
327
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
978
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lyons
15 schools — 4,911 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Government 14 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 11 · Secondary 4
| Dripstone Middle School, Tiwi | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 605 | 994 |
| Henbury School, Tiwi | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 195 | 894 |
| Wanguri Primary School, Wanguri | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 327 | 987 |
| Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School, Wanguri | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 243 | 1,035 |
| Nakara Primary School, Nakara | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 409 | 1,051 |
| Leanyer Primary School, Leanyer | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 538 | 1,024 |
| Wagaman Primary School, Wagaman | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 213 | 944 |
| Alawa Primary School, Alawa | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 259 | 1,011 |
| Nemarluk School, Alawa | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 170 | 929 |
| Wulagi Primary School, Wulagi | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 144 | 890 |
| Casuarina Senior College, Moil | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 690 | 949 |
| Moil Primary School, Moil | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 167 | 970 |
| Sanderson Middle School, Malak | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 328 | 863 |
| Jingili Primary School, Jingili | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 235 | 997 |
| Anula Primary School, Anula | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 388 | 1,006 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lyons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70168/lyons/topic/education