20.0% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wilton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wilton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive gap in school and university completion separates Wilton from the rest of the country. Only 20% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This lack of formal schooling is reflected in the fact that no adults in the area hold a bachelor's degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the lowest of similar areas at 20%, which is far below the 49.8% seen across the Northern Territory. About 26% of residents left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wilton splits fairly evenly between Year 9 or below (28%) and Year 11 (26%), with Year 10 at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Wilton hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.5% of the population.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 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 Wilton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 75%; Certificate I / II is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across various fields, with the largest group in society and culture at 21.9%. Engineering, health, and management and commerce each account for 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two schools within 3km, which is more than 66% of similar places. All local schools are government-run combined schools, though they have a lower average size of 117 students than most areas.
23.26
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
117
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
672
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 Wilton
2 schools — 233 students, average ICSEA 672.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Combined 2
| Ngukurr School, Ngukurr | Government | Combined | 39.4 km | 207 | 676 |
| Urapunga School, Wilton | Government | Combined | 48.8 km | 26 | 641 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70289/wilton/topic/education