12.1% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Papunya · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Papunya
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 12.1% of people in Papunya finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in schooling means very few adults hold university degrees compared to the rest of the country. Most of the community left school by Year 9 or earlier.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the lowest of any similar area, with only 12.1% finishing Year 12. This is far below the 49.8% seen in the Northern Territory, while 61.4% of residents reached Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Papunya, Year 9 or below is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Holding a bachelor degree or higher is much less common here than in most areas. At 6.9%, this is far below the Australian figure of 26.3% and the Territory's 21.5%.
6.9% ▲ +56.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Papunya, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Certificate III / IV (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are education at 18% and agriculture and environment at 13.1%. Society and culture accounts for 9.8% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Papunya has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size of 71 is much lower than usual. The area is served by a single government combined school.
8.06
Higher than 71% 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).
71
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
582
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 Papunya
1 school — 71 students, average ICSEA 582.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Papunya School, Papunya | Government | Combined | 0.2 km | 71 | 582 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Papunya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70218/papunya/topic/education