49.5% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Victoria River · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Victoria River
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Victoria River have remained largely steady, with just under half of residents completing Year 12. This is about the same as the Northern Territory average, though it sits well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 49.5% of people finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this result is still 9.3 percentage points lower than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Victoria River, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with only 3.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Northern Territory figure of 21.5%, with most qualified residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
3.8% ▲ +57.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Victoria River, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 28%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are heavily skewed towards the land, with 32.4% of people studying agriculture and the environment. Other common fields include health at 10.8% and hospitality at 9.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area's two government schools are combined primary and secondary sites, though they are much smaller than most areas with an average of 47 students.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
47
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
641
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 Victoria River
2 schools — 94 students, average ICSEA 641.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Combined 2
| Nitjpurru School, Nitjpurru | Government | Combined | 28.4 km | 21 | 691 |
| Yarralin School, Yarralin | Government | Combined | 60.5 km | 73 | 626 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Victoria River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70273/victoria-river/topic/education