7.7% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Liebig · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Liebig
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Low levels of formal schooling define Mount Liebig, where only 7.7% of residents have finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, creating a significant gap in educational attainment compared to most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Very few residents have completed high school, with 64.1% of people reaching Year 9 or below. This result is far below the Northern Territory rate of 49.8% for Year 12 completion.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Liebig, Year 9 or below is the majority at 71%; Year 11 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, as only 3.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is much lower than most areas and far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
3.7% ▼ -54.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Liebig, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Certificate III / IV (25%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications held by residents are spread across several fields, with the highest proportions in agriculture and environment at 10.3%, followed by engineering, education, and society and culture at 7.7% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a small government-run combined school with an average size of 40 students, which is much lower than most areas. Despite the small size, there are 12.20 schools per 1,000 children, a figure much higher than most other places.
12.20
Higher than 78% 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).
40
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
528
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 Mount Liebig
1 school — 40 students, average ICSEA 528.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Watiyawanu School, Mount Liebig | Government | Combined | 1.3 km | 40 | 528 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Liebig [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70196/mount-liebig/topic/education