37.2% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yallah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yallah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Yallah, where 42.9% of adults hold one. The area has a lower rate of formal schooling and university degrees compared to the rest of the state and country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.2% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%. The most common highest year of school finished is Year 10 at 39.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Yallah splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (42%) and Year 12 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.1% of the population, a figure far below the 26.3% national average. This standing is around the middle for similar areas.
13.1% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 Yallah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 28%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 22.2%, followed by management and commerce at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Yallah has more schools within 3km than about 85% of similar areas, with 14 in total. These schools are larger than most, and 71.4% are government-run.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
537
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
977
Lower 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 Yallah
14 schools — 7,518 students, average ICSEA 977.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 4 · Combined 1
| Mount Brown Public School, Dapto | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 346 | 975 |
| Lakelands Public School, Dapto | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 370 | 952 |
| Albion Park Rail Public School, Albion Park | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 346 | 894 |
| Koonawarra Public School, Dapto | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 192 | 838 |
| Oak Flats Public School, Oak Flats | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 416 | 959 |
| Dapto High School, Dapto | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 988 | 968 |
| Calderwood Christian School, Albion Park | Independent | Combined | 4.3 km | 504 | 1,056 |
| Kanahooka High School, Kanahooka | Government | Secondary | 4.5 km | 581 | 912 |
| Albion Park Public School, Albion Park | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 516 | 972 |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, Dapto | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 623 | 1,038 |
| St Joseph's Catholic High School, Albion Park | Catholic | Secondary | 5.1 km | 736 | 1,029 |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Albion Park | Catholic | Primary | 5.1 km | 399 | 1,037 |
| Albion Park High School, Albion Park | Government | Secondary | 5.1 km | 900 | 964 |
| Hayes Park Public School, Kanahooka | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 601 | 972 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yallah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14473/yallah/topic/education