59.6% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 91% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 47.7%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Darwin · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Darwin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Darwin have finished school and university than a decade ago. Since 2011, the share of residents who finished Year 12 has jumped by 12 percentage points to 59.6%. This shift toward higher education is evident across the city, with a growing number of adults now holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is high in Darwin, with 59.6% of people finishing their schooling. This is well above the Northern Territory figure of 49.8% and about the same as the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Darwin, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a strong proportion of university-educated adults, with 27.4% holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Northern Territory average, and the share of people with these degrees rose by 9.2 percentage points since 2011.
27.4% ▲ +50.6%
Higher than 91% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Darwin splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (31%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications in Darwin are in management and commerce, held by 19.2% of people. Other common fields of study include engineering and related fields at 13.9%, and society and culture at 12.3%.
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 Darwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/7002/darwin/topic/education