13.8% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Umbakumba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Umbakumba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 13.8% of residents in Umbakumba have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a community where few adults have finished high school or attained higher university degrees. Most residents have a limited level of formal schooling compared to the rest of the Northern Territory.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Over half of the population, 53.5%, finished school in Year 9 or below. This is far below the national figure of 58.8% for Year 12 completion, placing the area among the lowest for schooling levels.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Umbakumba, Year 9 or below is the majority at 62%; Year 12 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, with only 1.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia, though about 20% of residents have a Certificate III or IV.
1.7% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Umbakumba, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Society and Culture being the most common at 8.8%. Other qualifications include Architecture and Building, Management and Commerce, and Food and Hospitality, each at 6.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Umbakumba has one government school that serves the community, which is much smaller than most. While the average school size is only 49 students, there are far more schools per 1,000 children than in most areas.
14.71
Higher than 83% 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).
49
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
591
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 Umbakumba
1 school — 49 students, average ICSEA 591.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Alyarrmandumanja Umbakumba School, Umbakumba | Government | Combined | 1.9 km | 49 | 591 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Umbakumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70267/umbakumba/topic/education