42.0% ▲ +14.4%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Katherine · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Katherine
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Katherine have finished high school and university since 2011, though overall levels remain low. Only 42% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. While qualifications are improving, the area still sits well below both the Territory and Australian averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 42% of people finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the Australian average, though it has risen 5.3 points since 2011. Other common highest school years include Year 10 at 18.6% and Year 11 at 10.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Katherine, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 17.2%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. This has increased by 4.9 points since 2011, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 26.8%.
17.2% ▲ +40.1%
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 Katherine, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Management and Commerce at 12.8%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 12.1% and Society and Culture at 10.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Katherine has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though these schools are smaller than most and have some of the lowest advantage scores. Government schools make up 87.5% of the sector, and half of all schools are primary.
4.18
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Lower than 90% 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).
1,737
Lower than 96% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
217
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
860
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 Katherine
8 schools — 1,737 students, average ICSEA 860.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| Katherine South Primary School, Katherine South | Government | Primary | 22.1 km | 180 | 907 |
| Kintore Street School, Katherine | Government | Combined | 23.9 km | 55 | 757 |
| St Joseph's Catholic College, Katherine | Catholic | Combined | 25.0 km | 299 | 974 |
| MacFarlane Primary School, Katherine East | Government | Primary | 25.1 km | 189 | 665 |
| Katherine High School, Katherine East | Government | Secondary | 25.3 km | 468 | 797 |
| Clyde Fenton Primary School, Katherine | Government | Primary | 25.7 km | 114 | 693 |
| Katherine School Of The Air, Katherine | Government | Combined | 25.8 km | 137 | 931 |
| Casuarina Street Primary School, Katherine East | Government | Primary | 26.0 km | 295 | 991 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70017/katherine/topic/education