66.8% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fannie Bay · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Fannie Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Fannie Bay have finished school and university than a decade ago, with a sharp rise in both high school and degree completions. This is a highly educated area where 37% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far above the national and state averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion has climbed 10 points since 2011 to 66.8%. This is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Fannie Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 73%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 11 points since 2011 to reach 37.0%. This is far above the Northern Territory's 21.5% and the national figure of 26.3%.
37.0% ▲ +40.6%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 37.0%
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 Fannie Bay, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Postgraduate degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 20.1%, followed by society and culture at 14.4% and health at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 5.25 schools per 1,000 children, among the highest for this level. Most of the 3,175 enrolments are in government secondary schools, which make up 71.4% of the sector.
5.25
Higher than 95% 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).
3,175
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
454
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,021
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Fannie Bay
7 schools — 3,175 students, average ICSEA 1,021.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Secondary 5 · Primary 2
| SEDA College NT, Fannie Bay | Independent | Secondary | 0.6 km | 150 | 980 |
| Parap Primary School, Parap | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 405 | 1,066 |
| Darwin Middle School, The Gardens | Government | Secondary | 1.0 km | 663 | 1,065 |
| Darwin High School, The Gardens | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 1,286 | 1,050 |
| Northern Territory School of Distance Education, The Gardens | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 252 | 837 |
| St John's Catholic College, The Gardens | Catholic | Secondary | 1.3 km | 287 | 957 |
| Ludmilla Primary School, Ludmilla | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 132 | 905 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fannie Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70011/fannie-bay/topic/education