25.0% ▲ +45.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Timber Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Timber Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 25% of residents in Timber Creek have completed Year 12, placing the area among the lowest for school completion in the region. This trend is reflected in the qualifications data, where the typical resident is far less likely to hold a university degree than people across the Northern Territory or Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only a quarter of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 49.8% and the national rate of 58.8%. For many, the highest year of school reached was Year 10, at 27.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Timber Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (32%) and Year 12 (30%), with Year 11 at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 9.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below both the territory and national averages. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.7% of people.
9.5% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Timber Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (16%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Society and Culture being the most common at 12.4%, followed by Engineering at 11.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the average school size is much lower than most areas at just 38 students. Education is provided entirely by one government combined school.
18.87
Higher than 87% 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).
38
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
723
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 Timber Creek
1 school — 38 students, average ICSEA 723.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Timber Creek School, Timber Creek | Government | Combined | 3.0 km | 38 | 723 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Timber Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70257/timber-creek/topic/education