33.5% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yarranbella · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yarranbella
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than one in three residents in Yarranbella have finished Year 12, highlighting a local trend toward early exits from formal schooling. This is a community where traditional academic degrees are uncommon, with only 8.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.5% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 28.5% of residents leaving school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yarranbella, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical person here is more likely to hold a Certificate III or IV, which 34.7% of adults have. This helps explain why the share of residents with a university degree is far below the New South Wales average.
8.8% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Yarranbella, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Management and Commerce at 15.3%, followed closely by Engineering at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Daily life here involves travelling for education, as there are no schools within 3 km of the area.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yarranbella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14496/yarranbella/topic/education