47.6% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yantabulla · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of residents in Yantabulla have finished high school, reflecting an area where formal education levels are much lower than the state and national figures. This gap is seen across the board, from school completion to university degrees.
Highest year of school completed.
Just 47.6% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% across New South Wales. About 23.8% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
47.6% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Yantabulla, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 33%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 12.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
12.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Yantabulla, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Bachelor degree is next at 30%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 25%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3km of the area, a situation seen in about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yantabulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14483/yantabulla/topic/education