63.7% —
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yass Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Education & Qualifications in Yass Surrounds
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 63% of people in Yass Surrounds finished Year 12, a figure well above the national average. This high school completion rate is part of a broader trend toward higher education in the area, with university qualifications and school finish rates both rising since 2016.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 5.1 percentage points since 2016 to reach 63.7%. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.9% and higher than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yass Surrounds, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nearly 30% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. This proportion has grown by 3.4 percentage points since 2016.
29.8% —
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Yass Surrounds splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 16.9%, followed by society and culture at 15.0% and engineering at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 9 primary government schools in the area, which is among the largest number of schools for this type of region. While the average school size is small at 76 students, the area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most other areas.
9
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
3.54
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
23
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
684
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
76
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,060
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yass Surrounds
23 schools — 7,451 students, average ICSEA 1,049.
By sector: Government 20 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 19 · Secondary 2 · Combined 2
| Mt Carmel School, Yass | Catholic | Primary | 9.3 km | 270 | 1,048 |
| Yass Public School, Yass | Government | Primary | 9.4 km | 305 | 1,012 |
| Berinba Public School, Yass | Government | Primary | 9.7 km | 225 | 960 |
| Yass High School, Yass | Government | Secondary | 9.8 km | 557 | 990 |
| Bowning Public School, Bowning | Government | Primary | 13.2 km | 26 | 994 |
| Murrumbateman Public School, Murrumbateman | Government | Primary | 20.7 km | 171 | 1,056 |
| Wee Jasper Public School, Wee Jasper | Government | Primary | 28.1 km | 4 | — |
| Binalong Public School, Binalong | Government | Primary | 30.3 km | 38 | 1,005 |
| Dalton Public School, Dalton | Government | Primary | 37.3 km | 6 | 936 |
| Aunty Agnes Shea High School, Taylor | Government | Secondary | 39.0 km | 83 | 1,051 |
| Fraser Primary School, Fraser | Government | Primary | 39.2 km | 462 | 1,042 |
| Margaret Hendry School, Taylor | Government | Primary | 39.4 km | 626 | 1,054 |
| Charnwood-Dunlop School, Charnwood | Government | Primary | 39.6 km | 308 | 987 |
| St Thomas Aquinas Primary School, Charnwood | Catholic | Primary | 39.9 km | 374 | 1,045 |
| Macgregor Primary School, Macgregor | Government | Primary | 40.0 km | 590 | 1,050 |
| Taqwa School, Moncrieff | Independent | Combined | 40.1 km | 407 | 1,099 |
| Amaroo School, Amaroo | Government | Combined | 41.3 km | 1,638 | 1,070 |
| Gunning Public School, Gunning | Government | Primary | 41.9 km | 125 | 1,024 |
| Neville Bonner Primary School, Bonner | Government | Primary | 41.9 km | 606 | 1,058 |
| Gundaroo Public School, Gundaroo | Government | Primary | 43.3 km | 140 | 1,101 |
| Jugiong Public School, Jugiong | Government | Primary | 45.3 km | 22 | 994 |
| Throsby School, Throsby | Government | Primary | 46.0 km | 316 | 1,096 |
| Sutton Public School, Sutton | Government | Primary | 49.9 km | 152 | 1,098 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yass Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101061542/yass-surrounds/topic/education