58.5% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yagoona · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yagoona
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Management and commerce is the most common field of study for qualified residents in Yagoona. While more than half of the population has finished Year 12, the proportion of adults with a university degree is well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 58.5% of people here completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yagoona, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 9 or below is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.6% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the state and national averages.
18.6% ▲ +61.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 Yagoona, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 35%, followed by Certificate III / IV (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most popular qualifications are in management and commerce at 21.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.8% and society and culture at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Yagoona has some of the largest average school sizes for its level, with 58 schools within 3km, though it has among the lowest number of schools per 1,000 children.
0.46
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
58
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality 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).
592
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,003
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yagoona
58 schools — 33,736 students, average ICSEA 1,003.
By sector: Government 36 · Independent 12 · Catholic 10
By type: Primary 31 · Combined 14 · Secondary 13
| Yagoona Public School, Yagoona | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 556 | 986 |
| Christ the King Catholic Primary School Bass Hill, Yagoona | Catholic | Primary | 0.8 km | 179 | 1,042 |
| Birrong Public School, Birrong | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 451 | 967 |
| Birrong Boys High School, Birrong | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 366 | 937 |
| Bankstown West Public School, Bankstown | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 317 | 992 |
| La Salle Catholic College, Bankstown | Catholic | Secondary | 1.3 km | 1,057 | 1,011 |
| St Felix Catholic Primary School, Bankstown | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 578 | 1,035 |
| Bass Hill Public School, Bass Hill | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 346 | 929 |
| Wattawa Heights Public School, Bankstown | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 196 | 939 |
| Bankstown North Public School, Bankstown | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 382 | 986 |
| Birrong Girls High School, Birrong | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 726 | 956 |
| Sefton Infants School, Sefton | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 93 | 1,027 |
| Condell Park Christian School, Condell Park | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 64 | 1,081 |
| St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, Bankstown | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 443 | 1,029 |
| Bankstown Girls High School, Bankstown | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 551 | 964 |
| Regents Park Public School, Regents Park | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 268 | 968 |
| Karningul School, Regents Park | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 20 | 919 |
| Bankstown Public School, Bankstown | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 736 | 965 |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, Sefton | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 337 | 1,046 |
| St Euphemia College, Bankstown | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 622 | 1,038 |
| Condell Park Public School, Condell Park | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 586 | 968 |
| George Bass School, Bass Hill | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 102 | 979 |
| Regents Park Christian School, Regents Park | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 731 | 1,039 |
| Banksia Road Public School, Greenacre | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 512 | 980 |
| Chester Hill Public School, Chester Hill | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 578 | 958 |
| Bankstown Senior College, Bankstown | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 545 | 847 |
| Al Noori Muslim School, Greenacre | Independent | Primary | 2.8 km | 2,407 | 1,086 |
| Condell Park High School, Condell Park | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 876 | 936 |
| St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School, Regents Park | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 383 | 1,048 |
| Georges Hall Public School, Georges Hall | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 685 | 1,017 |
| Mount Lewis Infants School, Greenacre | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 173 | 1,047 |
| Sefton High School, Sefton | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,121 | 1,033 |
| Bass High School, Bass Hill | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 874 | 927 |
| Al Sadiq College, Greenacre | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 771 | 942 |
| Bankstown Hospital School, Bankstown | Government | Combined | 3.3 km | — | — |
| Holy Saviour School, Greenacre | Independent | Primary | 3.3 km | 298 | 1,038 |
| Greenacre Christian College, Greenacre | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 322 | 1,087 |
| Bankstown South Infants School, Bankstown | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 141 | 999 |
| Greenacre Public School, Greenacre | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 611 | 938 |
| Salamah College, Chester Hill | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 1,353 | 989 |
| St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Greenacre | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 221 | 1,034 |
| Caroline Chisholm School, Padstow | Government | Combined | 3.6 km | 104 | 1,004 |
| St Charbel's College, Punchbowl | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 1,198 | 1,054 |
| Villawood East Public School, Villawood | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 301 | 898 |
| Punchbowl Boys High School, Punchbowl | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 472 | 923 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Georges Hall | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 377 | 1,050 |
| Chullora Public School, Greenacre | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 430 | 965 |
| Georges River Grammar, Georges Hall | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 933 | 1,095 |
| Malek Fahd Islamic School, Greenacre | Independent | Combined | 3.9 km | 3,352 | 1,063 |
| Berala Public School, Berala | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 656 | 980 |
| Sir Joseph Banks High School, Revesby | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 945 | 949 |
| Chester Hill High School, Chester Hill | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,056 | 912 |
| Chester Hill North Public School, Chester Hill | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 400 | 950 |
| St Jerome's Catholic Primary School, Punchbowl | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 175 | 1,004 |
| HopePoint Christian School, Georges Hall | Independent | Primary | 4.2 km | 219 | 1,039 |
| Broderick Gillawarna School, Revesby | Government | Combined | 4.3 km | 100 | 1,005 |
| Mount St Joseph Milperra, Milperra | Catholic | Secondary | 4.9 km | 891 | 1,060 |
| Strathfield South High School, Enfield | Government | Secondary | 5.1 km | 549 | 961 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yagoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14471/yagoona/topic/education