23.6% ▲ +76.9%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Milikapiti · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Milikapiti
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Milikapiti have finished high school than in most other parts of the country, which shapes the local workforce. While only 23.6% of residents have completed Year 12, this figure has risen by 10 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Northern Territory figure of 49.8% and the national rate of 58.8%. The most common highest school year reached here is Year 11, at 35.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Milikapiti, the largest group is Year 11 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 12 (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare, with only 2.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 24% of residents.
2.5% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Milikapiti, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, education is the most common field of study at 16%, followed by engineering and related fields at 10.7%.
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 Milikapiti [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722021/milikapiti/topic/education