27.2% ▲ +38.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yanco · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yanco
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Yanco have finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 27.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is 32 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school finished is Year 10, reached by 43.9% of people. This contributes to the area having some of the lowest Year 12 completion rates in the region.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yanco, the largest group is Year 10 at 46%, followed by Year 12 (29%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with only 5.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though over half of qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
5.7% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Yanco, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most popular fields are Engineering and related subjects at 19.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Yanco has a high number of schools for its child population, with 11.43 schools per 1,000 children. There are five schools within 3km, and 60% of these are government-run.
11.43
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
222
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,001
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yanco
5 schools — 1,109 students, average ICSEA 1,001.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Secondary 2 · Combined 2 · Primary 1
| Yanco Agricultural High School, Yanco | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 319 | 1,009 |
| Yanco Public School, Yanco | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 70 | 860 |
| St Francis De Sales Regional College, Leeton | Catholic | Secondary | 7.0 km | 666 | 1,018 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Leeton, Leeton | Independent | Combined | 7.5 km | 26 | 977 |
| Gralee School, Leeton | Government | Combined | 7.5 km | 28 | 874 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yanco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14478/yanco/topic/education