51.4% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Middle Point · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Middle Point
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 15 percentage points separates Middle Point from the national average for adults with a university degree. While over half the population has finished Year 12, the area has far fewer high-level qualifications than most other parts of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is a little above the Northern Territory figure. However, this is well below the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Middle Point, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 9 or below is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average and well below the rest of the Territory. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.3% of people.
11.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Middle Point, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 71%; Bachelor degree is next at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread evenly across several fields, with Natural and Physical Sciences, Engineering, Health, and Management and Commerce each accounting for 10% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is smaller than most others at this level. This school also has one of the lowest advantage scores compared to similar areas.
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).
18
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
753
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Middle Point
1 school — 18 students, average ICSEA 753.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Middle Point School, Middle Point | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 18 | 753 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Middle Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70184/middle-point/topic/education