26.9% ▲ +26.4%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barkly · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Barkly
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 26.9% of Barkly residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This highlights a significant gap in schooling and higher qualifications compared to the rest of the country. While these numbers are among the lowest in the region, there has been a steady increase in school completion since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below both the Northern Territory (49.8%) and Australia (58.8%), though it rose 5.6 points since 2011. About 25.5% of residents have a highest school level of Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Barkly splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (31%), with Year 10 at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.1% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This rate is also far below the Northern Territory average of 21.5%.
9.1% ▲ +26.1%
Lower than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Barkly, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 9.9%, followed by society and culture at 9.7% and management and commerce at 8.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Barkly has 1,347 school enrolments across 18 government schools, all of which are combined primary and secondary. These schools are among the smallest in similar areas, with a typical size of 75 students.
9.05
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
18
Lower than 57% of state electorate 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).
1,347
Lower than 97% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
75
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
660
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Barkly
18 schools — 1,347 students, average ICSEA 660.
By sector: Government 18
By type: Combined 16 · Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Rockhampton Downs School, Tablelands | Government | Combined | 41.3 km | 3 | 610 |
| Tennant Creek High School, Tennant Creek | Government | Secondary | 92.0 km | 142 | 754 |
| Tennant Creek Primary School, Tennant Creek | Government | Primary | 93.0 km | 309 | 732 |
| Epenarra School, Wutunugurra | Government | Combined | 161.9 km | 29 | 552 |
| Canteen Creek School, Canteen Creek | Government | Combined | 193.0 km | 49 | 564 |
| Elliott School, Elliott | Government | Combined | 215.6 km | 70 | 611 |
| Alekarenge School, Ali Curung | Government | Combined | 220.0 km | 79 | 637 |
| Murray Downs School, Ali Curung | Government | Combined | 221.1 km | 24 | 636 |
| Newcastle Waters School, Newcastle Waters | Government | Combined | 240.1 km | 8 | 694 |
| Neutral Junction School, Barrow Creek | Government | Combined | 285.9 km | 13 | 613 |
| Ampilatwatja School, Ampilatwatja | Government | Combined | 291.0 km | 92 | 616 |
| Stirling School, Wilora | Government | Combined | 318.4 km | 12 | 662 |
| Arlparra School, Utopia | Government | Combined | 336.2 km | 165 | 595 |
| Robinson River School, Robinson River | Government | Combined | 343.3 km | 55 | 595 |
| Borroloola School, Borroloola | Government | Combined | 369.5 km | 169 | 665 |
| Ti Tree School, Ti Tree | Government | Combined | 370.6 km | 54 | 641 |
| Alpurrurulam School, Alpurrurulam | Government | Combined | 381.7 km | 57 | 617 |
| Mulga Bore School, Ti Tree | Government | Combined | 382.0 km | 17 | 599 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70004/barkly/topic/education