37.0% ▲ +87.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pirlangimpi · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pirlangimpi
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents have completed high school or university in Pirlangimpi, with only 37% finishing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The local education profile shows a significant gap compared to both the Northern Territory and the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Northern Territory's 49.8%. About 27% of residents reached Year 10, and 20.9% finished Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pirlangimpi, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 11 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon, with only 2.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 40.3% of residents.
2.6% ▼ -61.4%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Pirlangimpi, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 12%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 20.9%, followed by health at 16.4% and society and culture at 13.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Pirlangimpi has a very high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is much smaller than in most areas. All local schooling is provided by a single government combined school.
12.35
Higher than 79% 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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
663
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 Pirlangimpi
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 663.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Pularumpi School, Pirlangimpi | Government | Combined | 1.5 km | 32 | 663 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pirlangimpi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70226/pirlangimpi/topic/education