31.1% ▲ +45.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wurrumiyanga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wurrumiyanga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Wurrumiyanga have finished high school or earned degrees than in most other areas. Only 31.1% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend continues into higher education, where university qualifications are much less common than in the rest of the Territory.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the Northern Territory and Australian figures. About 31.1% of residents finished Year 12, while 27.4% peaked at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wurrumiyanga splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (34%) and Year 10 (30%), with Year 11 at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. For those with degrees, 15.7% hold a bachelor degree and 14.4% have a Certificate III or IV.
6.6% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Wurrumiyanga splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (34%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 11%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Education at 14.1% and Society and Culture at 8.7%, followed by Health at 7.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 6.90 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas. Both available schools are Catholic and have an average size of 130 students, with a school advantage score among the lowest at this level.
6.90
Higher than 66% 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).
130
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
667
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 Wurrumiyanga
2 schools — 259 students, average ICSEA 667.
By sector: Catholic 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Murrupurtiyanuwu Catholic Primary School, Wurrumiyanga | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 167 | 684 |
| Xavier Catholic College, Bathurst Island | Catholic | Secondary | 1.7 km | 92 | 636 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wurrumiyanga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70295/wurrumiyanga/topic/education