69.1% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.5%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 69.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Stuart Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Stuart Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 70% of residents in Stuart Park have completed Year 12, a figure far above both the Northern Territory and national averages. This high level of schooling is reflected in the local adult population, where more than a third hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much higher here than in most areas, with 69.1% of people finishing Year 12. This is 19 points higher than the Northern Territory average and 10 points above the national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Stuart Park, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 10 is next at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 35.8% of the population, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common high-level qualifications are bachelor degrees at 28.8% and postgraduate degrees at 14.5%.
35.8% ▲ +52.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 35.8%
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 Stuart Park, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 35%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Postgraduate degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 22.5%, followed by society and culture at 14.1% and engineering at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are larger and have higher advantage scores than most areas. While there are 10 schools within 3km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than in most other areas.
1.79
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
433
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,034
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Stuart Park
10 schools — 4,327 students, average ICSEA 1,034.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 5
| Stuart Park Primary School, Stuart Park | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 492 | 1,054 |
| St John's Catholic College, The Gardens | Catholic | Secondary | 1.0 km | 287 | 957 |
| Darwin Middle School, The Gardens | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 663 | 1,065 |
| Northern Territory School of Distance Education, The Gardens | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 252 | 837 |
| Darwin High School, The Gardens | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 1,286 | 1,050 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Darwin | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 180 | 1,076 |
| Parap Primary School, Parap | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 405 | 1,066 |
| Larrakeyah Primary School, Larrakeyah | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 480 | 1,086 |
| Ludmilla Primary School, Ludmilla | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 132 | 905 |
| SEDA College NT, Fannie Bay | Independent | Secondary | 2.6 km | 150 | 980 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Stuart Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70245/stuart-park/topic/education