67.7% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 67.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pamayu · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pamayu
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Almost 68% of people in Pamayu have completed Year 12, which is far above the Northern Territory figure. This high rate of secondary school completion stands out in a place where higher university degrees are not present.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher here than in most similar areas, sitting well above the national figure of 58.8%. About 19% of residents finished Year 10, while 9.7% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pamayu, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree, a result far below the Australian average. Instead, the most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 40.9% of residents.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Pamayu, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 75%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Most qualified residents studied engineering and related fields (40.9%), followed by agriculture and the environment at 22.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Pamayu has two government-run combined schools, though they are much smaller than most other areas with an average size of 39 students. These schools have some of the lowest advantage scores compared to similar areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
39
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
620
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 Pamayu
2 schools — 78 students, average ICSEA 620.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Combined 2
| Elliott School, Elliott | Government | Combined | 64.1 km | 70 | 611 |
| Newcastle Waters School, Newcastle Waters | Government | Combined | 81.8 km | 8 | 694 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pamayu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70217/pamayu/topic/education