39.4% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Tiwi Islands · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Tiwi Islands
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 39.4% of people in the Tiwi Islands finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This level of schooling is much lower than most other areas. Higher education is also less common here, with very few adults holding a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 49.8% seen in the Northern Territory and 58.8% across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Tiwi Islands, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.3% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.1% of people.
8.3% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 Tiwi Islands, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Certificate I / II (22%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Education at 21.3%, followed by Management and Commerce at 16.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Schools here are much smaller than most areas, with an average size of 82 students. However, there are 15.63 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than in most other areas.
15.63
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
82
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
682
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 Tiwi Islands
5 schools — 412 students, average ICSEA 682.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Combined 3 · Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Milikapiti School, Milikapiti | Government | Combined | 19.2 km | 44 | 688 |
| Tiwi College, Tiwi Islands | Independent | Combined | 26.5 km | 77 | 738 |
| Xavier Catholic College, Bathurst Island | Catholic | Secondary | 27.6 km | 92 | 636 |
| Murrupurtiyanuwu Catholic Primary School, Wurrumiyanga | Catholic | Primary | 27.7 km | 167 | 684 |
| Pularumpi School, Pirlangimpi | Government | Combined | 43.1 km | 32 | 663 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Tiwi Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70263/tiwi-islands/topic/education