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Willowra · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Willowra

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

Educational attainment has slipped in Willowra, where only 10.5% of people finished Year 12 in 2021. This is far below the national figure of 58.8% and reflects a trend of declining school completion and higher qualifications over recent years.

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📍 Willowra, Urban Centre

Where Willowra sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

4.0% —

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

Willowra4.0%
0872 crosses NT/SA/WA 6.8%
Northern Territory 21.5%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion is among the lowest for similar areas, falling 3.8 percentage points since 2016. Most residents left school early, with 43.4% finishing at Year 9 or below.

Completed Year 12

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10.5% —

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 Willowra, Year 9 or below is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 26%.

Year 9 or below 43.4% Year 10 22.4% Year 12 10.5% Year 11 8.4%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 4.0% of the population, which is far below the Northern Territory average of 21.5%. This figure has fallen slightly since 2016.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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4.0% —

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 Willowra, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Postgraduate degree (25%) and Graduate diploma / certificate (25%).

Certificate III / IV 18.2% Postgraduate degree 9.1% Graduate diploma / certificate 9.1%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are most common in health and education, which each account for 21.2% of the total.

Field of qualification

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Willowra splits fairly evenly between Health (35%) and Education (35%), with Management & commerce at 15%.

Health 21.2% Education 21.2% Management & commerce 9.1% Society & culture 9.1%

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 Willowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722037/willowra/topic/education