18.6% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Zeil · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Mount Zeil than in most other areas, with only 18.6% completing Year 12. This low level of formal schooling is a defining feature of the local population, and is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Higher education is also uncommon here.
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below both the Territory and national figures, with 44.2% of residents finishing Year 9 or below.
18.6% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Mount Zeil, Year 9 or below is the majority at 53%; Year 12 is next at 22%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most areas and far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
7.0% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Mount Zeil, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (30%).
What people studied.
There were no residents listed with qualifications in fields such as science, IT, engineering, or agriculture.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area's single government school is a combined primary and secondary campus with a very small average size of 14 students.
32.26
Higher than 95% 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).
14
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
654
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).
1 school — 14 students, average ICSEA 654.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Mbunghara School, Papunya | Government | Combined | 1.1 km | 14 | 654 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Zeil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70197/mount-zeil/topic/education