24.2% ▲ +52.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yuendumu · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yuendumu
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Yuendumu are among the lowest compared to similar areas. Only 24.2% of people have finished Year 12, which is far below the Northern Territory and national figures. These low completion rates are reflected in the local qualifications, where only 11.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, with 33.4% of residents having reached Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yuendumu, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 36%, followed by Year 12 (26%) and Year 10 (25%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The 11.2% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the Northern Territory's 21.5%. Among those with degrees, 22.4% hold a bachelor degree.
11.2% ▲ +48.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Yuendumu, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 35%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in education at 16.7% and society and culture at 12.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government combined school, which is smaller than most similar schools and has an advantage score among the lowest for its level.
4.83
Higher than 58% 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).
157
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
632
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 Yuendumu
1 school — 157 students, average ICSEA 632.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Yuendumu School, Yuendumu | Government | Combined | 0.6 km | 157 | 632 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yuendumu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70301/yuendumu/topic/education