41.6% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Humpty Doo · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Humpty Doo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Humpty Doo have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. While a growing number of residents have completed Year 12, the area still sits well below Northern Territory and national figures for school and degree attainment.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.6% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national average, though this figure rose 5.4 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Humpty Doo, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 12.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is well below the Northern Territory average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 38.7% of the population.
12.8% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 Humpty Doo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 22.3%, followed by management and commerce at 13.7%.
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 Humpty Doo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721008/humpty-doo/topic/education