27.4% ▲ +27.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maningrida · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Maningrida
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Maningrida have remained low over the last decade, with only 27.4% of residents completing Year 12. This figure is far below the national average and reflects a community where most adults left school before finishing their final year.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over a quarter of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Northern Territory's 49.8% and the national figure of 58.8%. Many others left school earlier, with 26.5% reaching Year 10 and 21.1% reaching Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →Maningrida splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (29%) and Year 10 (28%), with Year 11 at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, as only 5.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national average of 26.3%, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.6% of adults.
5.0% ▲ +18.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Maningrida, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (18%) and Certificate I / II (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Maningrida most often studied society and culture (14.2%) or education (12.1%). Other common fields include health, agriculture and environment, and management and commerce.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one large government school, which is much bigger than the usual school size for similar areas. However, the school advantage score of 601 is among the lowest at this level.
1.60
Lower than 80% 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).
584
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
601
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 Maningrida
1 school — 584 students, average ICSEA 601.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Maningrida College, Maningrida | Government | Combined | 1.6 km | 584 | 601 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Maningrida [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70172/maningrida/topic/education