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DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT
Chapter 4
Northern Territory Regional Profi les - Darwin Region
Table 4.6 Highest Level of Education Achieved, School and Non-School (2006) (a) (b) (continued)
Litchfield Shire Palmerston-East Arm Darwin Region NT Australia
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
School
Other (c) 2 207 18.4 3 403 19.9 16 251 17.7 26 051 17.9 2 195 961 13.8
Did Not Attend 48 0.4 88 0.5 1 034 1.1 3 154 2.2 137 674 0.9
School
Below Year 10 1 283 10.7 1 482 8.7 10 587 11.6 23 761 16.4 2 084 710 13.1
Year 10 2 946 24.5 3 898 22.8 17 709 19.3 27 039 18.6 3 437 859 21.6
Year 11 1 753 14.6 2 594 15.2 11 634 12.7 17 033 11.7 1 404 740 8.8
Year 12 3 780 31.5 5 647 33.0 34 401 37.5 48 257 33.2 6 657 136 41.8
Total 12 017 100.0 17 112 100.0 91 616 100.0 145 295 100.0 15 918 080 100.0
REPORT
1 867 15.5 2 624 15.3 18 692 20.4 26 456 18.2 3 612 776 22.7
Non-School
Higher
Education (d)
Certificate 2 769 23.0 3 725 21.8 16 911 18.5 25 018 17.2 2 662 780 16.7
Other (e) 7 381 61.4 10 763 62.9 56 013 61.1 93 821 64.6 9 642 524 60.6
Total 12 017 100.0 17 112 100.0 91 616 100.0 145 295 100.0 15 918 080 100.0
Source: ABS, Special Data Request, 2008
Note/s: (a) Based on place of usual residence
(b) Population aged 15 years and over
(c) ‘Other’ includes still at school and not stated
(d) Higher Education includes Postgraduate Degree, Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate, Bachelor Degree, Advanced Diploma
and Diploma qualification levels
(e) ‘Other’ includes persons who do not have a qualification, those whose qualification was not stated, those whose qualification was
inadequately described, and those with a qualification outside the scope of Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED).