36.8% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Namatjira · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Namatjira
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Namatjira than in most similar areas. Only 36.8% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011. While university degrees are less common here than across the Territory, the number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has risen since the last census.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the national figure, with only 36.8% of people finishing Year 12. This is 22 percentage points lower than the Australian average and significantly below the Northern Territory's 49.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Namatjira, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 15.3% of adults, which is well below the Territory's 21.5%. This figure is far below the national average, though it has risen by 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
15.3% ▲ +41.6%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
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 Namatjira, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for those with degrees are management and commerce at 13.3%, followed by society and culture at 12.2% and engineering at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Namatjira has some of the smallest schools in the region, with an average size of 105 students. Despite this, there are 6.06 schools per 1,000 children, which is among the highest rates for similar areas.
6.06
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Lower than 76% 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).
1,359
Lower than 97% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
105
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
828
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 Namatjira
13 schools — 1,359 students, average ICSEA 828.
By sector: Government 7 · Independent 5 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 9 · Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Ltyentye Apurte Catholic School, Santa Teresa | Catholic | Combined | 106.8 km | 111 | 622 |
| Harts Range School, Atitjere | Government | Combined | 119.3 km | 56 | 638 |
| Amoonguna School, Amoonguna | Government | Primary | 151.2 km | 18 | 610 |
| Bonya School, Anatye | Government | Combined | 152.7 km | 7 | 579 |
| Titjikala School, Titjikala | Government | Combined | 156.7 km | 37 | 698 |
| Alice Springs Steiner School, Ross | Independent | Combined | 157.4 km | 162 | 1,085 |
| Yirara College, Alice Springs | Independent | Secondary | 158.3 km | 190 | 654 |
| Yipirinya School, Alice Springs | Independent | Combined | 160.6 km | 186 | 729 |
| Araluen Christian College, Alice Springs | Independent | Combined | 161.0 km | 104 | 997 |
| Alcoota School, Engawala | Government | Combined | 161.9 km | 33 | 610 |
| Larapinta Primary School, Alice Springs | Government | Primary | 163.1 km | 285 | 909 |
| Living Waters Lutheran School, Alice Springs | Independent | Primary | 163.3 km | 131 | 1,029 |
| Finke School, Finke | Government | Combined | 198.6 km | 39 | 678 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Namatjira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70019/namatjira/topic/education