34.5% ▲ +32.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mataranka · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mataranka
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Daily life in Mataranka is shaped by a workforce with a low rate of formal schooling, as only 34.5% of residents finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure and the Northern Territory average, creating a local profile where many adults leave school early.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.5% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the 49.8% seen across the Northern Territory. This is much lower than most areas, with 29.8% of residents reaching Year 9 or below as their highest school level.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mataranka, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 9 or below (34%) and Year 10 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.1% of the population, far below the 26.3% national figure. The most common high-level qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.5% of residents.
11.1% ▲ +39.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Mataranka, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with a qualification most often studied Engineering and related fields (12.6%) or Management and commerce (12.0%). Society and culture was the next most common field at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 26.32 schools per 1,000 children, which is among the highest for similar areas. However, these schools are very small, with an average size of just 23 students, and are all government-run combined schools.
26.32
Higher than 92% 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).
23
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
844
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mataranka
1 school — 23 students, average ICSEA 844.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Mataranka School, Mataranka | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 23 | 844 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mataranka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70179/mataranka/topic/education