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Areyonga · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Areyonga

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

Only 18.2% of residents in Areyonga finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This highlights a significant gap in formal schooling and higher education compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Areyonga, Urban Centre

Where Areyonga sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

3.8% ▼ -75.9%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Areyonga — lower than 94% of areas.

Areyonga3.8%
0872 crosses NT/SA/WA 6.8%
Northern Territory 21.5%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

School completion is among the lowest for similar areas, with the proportion of people finishing Year 12 falling from 24.8% in 2011 to 18.2% in 2021. Nearly half of residents reached Year 9 or below.

Completed Year 12

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18.2% ▼ -26.7%

Lower than 99% 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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In Areyonga, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 47%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 12 (19%).

Year 9 or below 45.5% Year 10 26.1% Year 12 18.2% Year 11 6.8%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 3.8% of the population, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 21.5%. This proportion fell by 12 points since 2011.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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3.8% ▼ -75.9%

Lower than 94% 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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Areyonga splits fairly evenly between Postgraduate degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%), with Certificate III / IV at 22%.

Postgraduate degree 10.5% Advanced diploma / diploma 10.5% Certificate III / IV 10.5% Bachelor degree 7.9% Certificate I / II 7.9%

Field of study

What people studied.

Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are education and society and culture, each accounting for 15.8% of degrees or certificates.

Field of qualification

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Areyonga splits fairly evenly between Education (40%) and Society & culture (40%), with Health at 20%.

Education 15.8% Society & culture 15.8% Health 7.9%

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 Areyonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722007/areyonga/topic/education