20.8% ▲ +290.3%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ali Curung · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Ali Curung
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A jump of 15 percentage points in Year 12 completions since 2011 shows a growing trend in schooling for Ali Curung. While progress is being made, the area still has much lower qualification levels than the rest of the Territory and the nation.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 20.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. Most residents left school early, with 40% finishing at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ali Curung, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 40%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 12 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in Ali Curung, where just 4.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Northern Territory figure of 21.5%.
4.2% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Ali Curung, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are education at 17.4% and society and culture at 15.9%.
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 Ali Curung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722002/ali-curung/topic/education