21.3% ▲ +28.0%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ngukurr · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ngukurr
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 21.3% of people in Ngukurr have finished Year 12, meaning most residents leave school early. This low level of formal schooling is far below the national figure, creating a community where a small minority hold university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are among the lowest in the country, sitting far below the Northern Territory's 49.8%. More than a quarter of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 23.4% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Ngukurr splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (25%), with Year 11 at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Very few adults hold a bachelor degree or higher at 6.2%, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 27.8% of people.
6.2% ▲ +59.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Ngukurr, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Certificate I / II (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Ngukurr most often studied society and culture (20.4%) or management and commerce (13.0%). Other common fields include education, engineering, and health.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one combined government school, which is smaller than most other schools and has an advantage score among the lowest at this level.
3.32
Lower than 54% 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).
207
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
676
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 Ngukurr
1 school — 207 students, average ICSEA 676.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Ngukurr School, Ngukurr | Government | Combined | 1.2 km | 207 | 676 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ngukurr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70207/ngukurr/topic/education