8.2% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wutunugurra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wutunugurra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have completed high school in Wutunugurra than in the rest of the country. Only 8.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, with very few adults holding a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Most residents left school early, with 47.4% finishing at Year 9 or below and 37.1% at Year 10. This means the percentage of people completing Year 12 is far below the Northern Territory average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wutunugurra, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 47%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (8%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 4.0% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is much lower than most areas and far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
4.0% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Wutunugurra, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Society & culture at 25%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wutunugurra has one combined government school, which is much smaller than most others with an average of 29 students. While school advantage scores are among the lowest, there are many schools per 1,000 children compared to similar areas.
24.39
Higher than 91% 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).
29
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
552
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 Wutunugurra
1 school — 29 students, average ICSEA 552.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Epenarra School, Wutunugurra | Government | Combined | 0.1 km | 29 | 552 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wutunugurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70296/wutunugurra/topic/education