43.1% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Petermann · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Petermann
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Petermann has remained steady, though figures for schooling and degrees are significantly lower than national norms. Only 43.1% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. This creates a distinct profile where vocational certificates are more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 43.1%, a figure that is well below the Northern Territory average and far below the national rate. About 12.2% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Petermann, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.2% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Instead, many residents hold vocational certificates, with 24.7% having an advanced diploma or diploma.
12.2% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Petermann splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (35%) and Certificate III / IV (33%), with Bachelor degree at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Health at 14.1% and Management and commerce at 11.8%. Other notable areas of study include food and hospitality at 10.6% and engineering at 9.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Two government-run combined schools operate here, though the average school size is much lower than most areas. These schools have an average advantage score of 835, which is among the lowest for this level.
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).
47
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
835
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Petermann
2 schools — 93 students, average ICSEA 835.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Combined 2
| Yulara School, Yulara | Government | Combined | 24.6 km | 50 | 997 |
| Mutitjulu School, Mutitjulu | Government | Combined | 39.5 km | 43 | 647 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Petermann [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70222/petermann/topic/education