26.4% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pine Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pine Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Low levels of formal schooling and degrees are common in Pine Creek, where only 26.4% of people finished Year 12. This is far below the Northern Territory and Australian figures. Most adults have not completed high school or a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 49.8% seen across the Northern Territory. Roughly a quarter of people stopped at Year 10, and 21.1% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Pine Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (33%) and Year 10 (31%), with Year 9 or below at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with just 3.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common at 24.4%.
3.1% ▼ -57.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Pine Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related studies at 11%, followed by society and culture at 8.7% and education at 7.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools for the amount of children, though the average school size is very small at 29 students. Every school in the area is a government-run combined school.
16.67
Higher than 86% 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).
29
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
683
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 Pine Creek
1 school — 29 students, average ICSEA 683.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Pine Creek School, Pine Creek | Government | Combined | 1.1 km | 29 | 683 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pine Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70224/pine-creek/topic/education