49.8% ▲ +24.8%
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Northern Territory · State / Territory
Education & Qualifications in Northern Territory
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Management and commerce qualifications are the most common area of study in the Northern Territory. While school and university completion rates remain well below the national figures, they have both climbed steadily over the last decade. Only about half of residents have finished Year 12, and roughly one in five adults holds a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well below the Australian average at 49.8%, though this is a significant rise from 39.9% in 2011. This leaves the territory lower than most other similar areas for school finishing rates.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Northern Territory, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 21.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the national figure. This rate has risen 6.6 points since 2011, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 26.3%.
21.5% ▲ +44.5%
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 Northern Territory, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 34%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most frequent fields of study are management and commerce at 16.4%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.4%. Other common areas of qualification include society and culture, health, and education.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Northern Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/7/northern-territory/topic/education