76.5% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.5%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 76.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Johns · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Johns
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of formal education shape daily life in Mount Johns, where more than four in ten adults hold a university degree. This makes it one of the most highly qualified areas at this level, with school completion rates far exceeding both the Northern Territory and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very high at 76.5%, which is far above the Northern Territory's 49.8% and the Australian figure of 58.8%. This is among the highest rates for areas of this type.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Johns, Year 12 is the majority at 83%; Year 10 is next at 8%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 43.2% of adults, far above the 21.5% seen across the Northern Territory. This high level of qualification is led by 32.1% of people with a bachelor degree and 20.2% with a postgraduate degree.
43.2% ▲ +69.6%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 43.2%
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 Mount Johns, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Postgraduate degree (24%) and Certificate III / IV (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 19.3%, followed by management and commerce at 16.1% and health at 14.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 12 schools within 3 km, which is more than 84% of similar areas. While the average school size is around the middle, the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
300
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
956
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Johns
12 schools — 3,600 students, average ICSEA 956.
By sector: Government 7 · Independent 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 4 · Secondary 4
| Sadadeen Primary School, Alice Springs | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 118 | 793 |
| Acacia Hill School, Sadadeen | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 96 | 789 |
| Centralian Senior College, Alice Springs | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 351 | 879 |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College, Alice Springs | Catholic | Combined | 3.3 km | 823 | 1,028 |
| Alice Springs Steiner School, Ross | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 162 | 1,085 |
| Ross Park Primary School, Alice Springs | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 413 | 1,040 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Flexible School, Alice Springs | Catholic | Secondary | 3.8 km | 82 | — |
| Gillen Primary School, Gillen | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 230 | 807 |
| Centralian Middle School, Alice Springs | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 338 | 816 |
| St Philip's College, Alice Springs | Independent | Secondary | 4.2 km | 502 | 1,031 |
| Bradshaw Primary School, Gillen | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 381 | 918 |
| Araluen Christian College, Alice Springs | Independent | Combined | 5.5 km | 104 | 997 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Johns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70195/mount-johns/topic/education