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Education & Qualifications in Adelaide River

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

A gap of 39 percentage points separates Adelaide River from the national figure for Year 12 completions. Education levels here are far below the state and national averages, with very few residents holding university degrees. This trend has worsened since 2011, as both school and degree completion rates have fallen.

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Where Adelaide River sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

4.1% ▼ -37.5%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Adelaide River — lower than 93% of areas.

Adelaide River4.1%
0846, NT 2.3%
Northern Territory 21.5%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 19.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and far below the Northern Territory's 49.8%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 23.4%.

Completed Year 12

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19.8% ▼ -15.0%

Lower than 97% 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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Adelaide River splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (32%) and Year 12 (27%), with Year 9 or below at 26%.

Year 10 23.4% Year 12 19.8% Year 9 or below 18.8% Year 11 11.2%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Bachelor degrees or higher are held by just 4.1% of adults, far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. This is among the lowest levels for similar areas, with Certificate III or IV as the most common qualification at 23.8%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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4.1% ▼ -37.5%

Lower than 93% 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 Adelaide River, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.

Certificate III / IV 23.8% Bachelor degree 7.9% Advanced diploma / diploma 7.9%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are most often in food, hospitality and personal services at 13.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 11.9%.

Field of qualification

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Adelaide River splits fairly evenly between Food, hospitality & personal services (29%) and Engineering & related (25%), with Management & commerce at 13%.

Food, hospitality & personal services 13.9% Engineering & related 11.9% Management & commerce 5.9% Agriculture & environment 5.0% Education 5.0% Information technology 3.0% Society & culture 3.0%

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 Adelaide River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722001/adelaide-river/topic/education