57.1% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Braitling · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Braitling
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive surge in qualifications has transformed Braitling since 2011, with the share of adults holding a bachelor degree nearly doubling to 29.7%. This shift is mirrored in school completion rates, which have climbed 17 percentage points over the last decade. The area now stands as a highly educated hub compared to both the territory and the nation.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has risen to 57.1%, which is well above the Northern Territory's 49.8% and just a little below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Braitling, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nearly 30% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well above both the Northern Territory and Australia. Most of these high-level qualifications are bachelor degrees at 26.4%.
29.7% ▲ +92.5%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Braitling splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Postgraduate degree at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 16.4% and health at 15.2%, followed by management and commerce at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Braitling has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though average school sizes and advantage scores are much lower than usual.
3.94
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Lower than 91% 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).
1,775
Lower than 96% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
254
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
959
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Braitling
7 schools — 1,775 students, average ICSEA 959.
By sector: Government 6 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2 · Combined 2
| St Philip's College, Alice Springs | Independent | Secondary | 0.3 km | 502 | 1,031 |
| Ross Park Primary School, Alice Springs | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 413 | 1,040 |
| Centralian Senior College, Alice Springs | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 351 | 879 |
| Braitling Primary School, Braitling | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 218 | 911 |
| Alice Springs School Of The Air, Alice Springs | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 77 | 1,025 |
| Acacia Hill School, Sadadeen | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 96 | 789 |
| Sadadeen Primary School, Alice Springs | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 118 | 793 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Braitling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70006/braitling/topic/education