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Milingimbi · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Milingimbi

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Much lower school and degree completion rates than most similar areas mark Milingimbi as a place where formal education is less common. Only 27.6% of people have finished Year 12, though this is a significant improvement from a decade ago.

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📍 Milingimbi, Urban Centre

Where Milingimbi sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

4.6% ▲ +77.2%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Milingimbi — lower than 92% of areas.

Milingimbi4.6%
0822, NT 6.2%
Northern Territory 21.5%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Completion of Year 12 is far below both the Northern Territory (49.8%) and Australia (58.8%), although the rate rose 13 points since 2011. About 26.6% of residents have a highest school year of Year 9 or below.

Completed Year 12

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27.6% ▲ +91.7%

Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Milingimbi splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (30%) and Year 9 or below (29%), with Year 11 at 21%.

Year 12 27.6% Year 9 or below 26.6% Year 11 19.5% Year 10 18.6%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Only 4.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is among the lowest across similar areas and far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common high-level qualification is a bachelor degree at 19.0%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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4.6% ▲ +77.2%

Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Milingimbi, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Certificate III / IV (21%) and Certificate I / II (15%).

Bachelor degree 19.0% Certificate III / IV 10.2% Certificate I / II 7.5% Advanced diploma / diploma 6.1% Postgraduate degree 3.4% Graduate diploma / certificate 3.4%

Field of study

What people studied.

Education is the most common field of qualification at 19.0%, followed by health at 8.8% and management and commerce at 5.4%.

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 Milingimbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715004/milingimbi/topic/education