43.1% ▲ +120.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yirrkala · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yirrkala
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Yirrkala have shifted since 2011, though the area remains far below national benchmarks. Only 43.1% of residents have finished Year 12, which is much lower than the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is well below the Northern Territory figure, with 43.1% of people finishing school. About 20% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 17.5% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yirrkala, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here than in most areas, with only 11% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
11.0% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Yirrkala, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 32%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in society and culture at 18.5%, followed by education at 16.5%. Other common fields include engineering and agriculture, both at 9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Yirrkala has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with two government combined schools within 3km. These schools are smaller than usual and have some of the lowest advantage scores.
13.61
Higher than 81% 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).
126
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
631
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 Yirrkala
2 schools — 252 students, average ICSEA 631.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Combined 2
| Laynhapuy Homelands School, Yirrkala | Government | Combined | 0.8 km | 120 | 639 |
| Yirrkala School, Yirrkala | Government | Combined | 1.1 km | 132 | 624 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yirrkala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70299/yirrkala/topic/education