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DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT
Chapter 4
Northern Territory Regional Profi les - Central Region
Table 4.95 Highest Level of Non-School Qualification by Field of Study (2006) (a) (b)
(continued)
Tanami Central Region NT Australia
Field of Study No. % No. % No. % No. %
Natural and
Physical Sciences
4 0.7 240 1.8 1 644 2.2 225 008 2.7
Information
Technology
0 0.0 169 1.3 1 381 1.8 220 977 2.6
Engineering
and Related
Technologies
58 10.3 1 657 12.5 12 067 15.8 1 351 119 16.2
Architecture
and Building
Agriculture,
Environmental and
Related Studies
11 2.0 587 4.4 3 384 4.4 457 211 5.5
16 2.9 318 2.4 2 009 2.6 169 039 2.0
Health 58 10.3 1 259 9.5 5 884 7.7 703 163 8.4
Education 56 10.0 1 088 8.2 5 499 7.2 619 099 7.4
Management
and Commerce
41 7.3 1 420 10.7 9 032 11.8 1 353 241 16.2
Society
and Culture
44 7.8 1 219 9.2 6 501 8.5 745 453 8.9
Creative Arts 10 1.8 326 2.5 1 526 2.0 252 743 3.0
Food, Hospitality
and Personal
Services
20 3.6 690 5.2 3 379 4.4 393 406 4.7
Other (c) 248 44.2 4 237 32.1 24 061 31.5 1 871 355 22.4
Total 561 100.0 13 210 100.0 76 367 100.0 8 361 814 100.0
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 mixed field of education, 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).
For the Central region, Engineering and Related Technologies was the highest area of
study, the same as in the NT and Australia.
Management and Commerce along with Health were among the highest areas
of study. The least studied fields were Information Technology and Natural and
Physical Sciences.
Sub-regionally, Engineering and Related Technologies was not the most studied field.
Management and Commerce along with Education and Health were the major
areas of study outside of Alice Springs.
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