23.7% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Thamarrurr · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Thamarrurr
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
No adults in Thamarrurr hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below both the Territory and national averages. This highlights a significant gap in higher education qualifications for the area. Most residents have completed a certificate or a small number of school years.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 23.7% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Around 32.6% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Thamarrurr, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 33%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 12 (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificates are the most common qualification, with 55.6% of adults holding a Certificate I or II. This contributes to the area having among the lowest levels of higher degrees compared to similar places.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Thamarrurr, Certificate I / II is the majority at 75%; Certificate III / IV is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in architecture and building at 18.5%, followed by education at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one Catholic school that serves both primary and secondary students. While the average school size of 467 is higher than most areas, the average school advantage score is among the lowest.
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).
467
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
622
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 Thamarrurr
1 school — 467 students, average ICSEA 622.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Thamarrurr Catholic College, Wadeye | Catholic | Combined | 25.3 km | 467 | 622 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Thamarrurr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70252/thamarrurr/topic/education