28.9% ▲ +10.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Marrakai · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Marrakai
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 28.9% of people in Marrakai have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a community where school completion and higher degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the Northern Territory figure, with only 28.9% finishing Year 12. Many residents left school earlier, including 20.8% who finished Year 10 and 17.2% who finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Marrakai, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 5.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national rate of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.2% of residents.
5.2% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Marrakai, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 17.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 8.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, a situation more common than in 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Marrakai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70177/marrakai/topic/education