15.3% ▲ +29.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yuelamu · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yuelamu
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 15.3% of residents in Yuelamu have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a community where most adults have left school early, with very few holding higher degrees. Education levels in the area are among the lowest across the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than a third of people left school in Year 9 or below, which is far below the Northern Territory figure. Only 15.3% finished Year 12, placing Yuelamu among the lowest areas for this achievement.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yuelamu, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 44%, followed by Year 12 (20%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Yuelamu hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 11.4% of residents.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 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 Yuelamu, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications held by residents are most often in society and culture at 14.3%, followed by management and commerce at 8.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per child, with 29.41 per 1,000 children. The only school serving the area is a small government combined school with an average size of 73 students.
29.41
Higher than 94% 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).
73
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
622
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 Yuelamu
1 school — 73 students, average ICSEA 622.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Mount Allan School, Yuelamu | Government | Combined | 1.1 km | 73 | 622 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yuelamu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70300/yuelamu/topic/education