83.8% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 78.9%
- 2016: 79.4%
- 2021: 83.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yarralumla · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Education & Qualifications in Yarralumla
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels have climbed steadily in Yarralumla since 2011, with a far higher share of adults now holding degrees. This is a highly qualified area where 58% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the highest for similar areas, with 83.8% of people finishing Year 12. This figure is well above the ACT average and has risen 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yarralumla, Year 12 is the majority at 88%; Year 10 is next at 7%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 58% of adults, a figure far above both the ACT and the national average. This represents a 6.6 percentage point increase since 2011, with postgraduate degrees making up 27.2% of qualifications.
58.0% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 58.0%
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 Yarralumla, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 43%, followed by Postgraduate degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in society and culture at 24.8%, followed by management and commerce at 20.3% and health at 12.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Yarralumla has one government primary school with 313 enrolments, which is among the smallest for its level. However, the area's school advantage score is among the highest.
1
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
2.08
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
21
Higher than 53% 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).
313
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
313
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,142
Higher than 94% 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 Yarralumla
21 schools — 12,597 students, average ICSEA 1,138.
By sector: Government 13 · Independent 5 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 7 · Combined 4
| Yarralumla Primary School, Yarralumla | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 313 | 1,142 |
| Canberra Girls Grammar School, Deakin | Independent | Secondary | 2.2 km | 1,203 | 1,177 |
| Alfred Deakin High School, Deakin | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 881 | 1,132 |
| Forrest Primary School, Forrest | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 479 | 1,145 |
| The Woden School, Deakin | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 93 | 1,046 |
| Holy Trinity Primary School, Curtin | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 387 | 1,145 |
| Telopea Park School, Barton | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 1,586 | 1,153 |
| Hughes Primary School, Hughes | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 457 | 1,157 |
| Curtin Primary School, Curtin | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 408 | 1,146 |
| Malkara School, Garran | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 73 | 1,021 |
| Canberra Grammar School, Red Hill | Independent | Secondary | 4.1 km | 2,116 | 1,187 |
| Black Mountain School, O'Connor | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 108 | 1,030 |
| Sts Peter and Paul Primary School, Garran | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 299 | 1,130 |
| The Canberra College, Phillip | Government | Secondary | 4.5 km | 1,174 | 1,087 |
| Orana Steiner School, Weston | Independent | Combined | 4.6 km | 413 | 1,136 |
| St Edmund's College Canberra, Griffith | Independent | Combined | 4.8 km | 935 | 1,080 |
| Ainslie School, Braddon | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 351 | 1,130 |
| Islamic School of Canberra, Weston | Independent | Combined | 4.8 km | 455 | 1,073 |
| Campbell High School, Campbell | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 420 | 1,120 |
| Campbell Primary School, Campbell | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 267 | 1,136 |
| St Thomas More's Primary School, Campbell | Catholic | Primary | 5.3 km | 179 | 1,145 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yarralumla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801061070/yarralumla/topic/education