33.8% ▲ +31.0%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yarriambiack · Council (LGA)
Education & Qualifications in Yarriambiack
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Yarriambiack have completed high school or university compared to the rest of the state. While 33.8% of residents finished Year 12, this is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. Despite these gaps, the proportion of people finishing school has risen by 8 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.8% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 19% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10 or 11, while 17% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yarriambiack, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 9.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria, though the figure rose by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
9.9% ▲ +38.4%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Yarriambiack, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in Engineering and related fields at 12.3%, followed closely by Health at 12.2% and Society and Culture at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Yarriambiack has 12 schools, which is more than about 57% of similar areas, but the average school size of 71 students is much lower than most. There are 11.78 schools per 1,000 children, a rate much higher than most areas.
12
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
11.78
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
856
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
71
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
961
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yarriambiack
12 schools — 856 students, average ICSEA 961.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 8 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| Murtoa College, Murtoa | Government | Combined | — | 255 | 959 |
| Warracknabeal Secondary College, Warracknabeal | Government | Secondary | — | 175 | 964 |
| Warracknabeal Primary School, Warracknabeal | Government | Primary | — | 111 | 903 |
| St Mary's School, Warracknabeal | Catholic | Primary | — | 74 | 1,026 |
| Hopetoun P-12 College, Hopetoun | Government | Combined | — | 73 | 948 |
| St Joseph's School, Hopetoun | Catholic | Primary | — | 37 | 994 |
| Warracknabeal Special Developmental School, Warracknabeal | Government | Combined | — | 29 | 951 |
| Beulah Primary School, Beulah | Government | Primary | — | 27 | 1,005 |
| Minyip Primary School, Minyip | Government | Primary | — | 25 | 893 |
| Rupanyup Primary School, Rupanyup | Government | Primary | — | 25 | 975 |
| Tempy Primary School, Tempy | Government | Primary | — | 16 | 1,025 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School, Murtoa | Catholic | Primary | — | 9 | 1,020 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yarriambiack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27630/yarriambiack/topic/education