46.2% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.2%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yarrowyck · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yarrowyck
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A quarter of adults in Yarrowyck hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. While higher education is more common than in nearby places, overall school completion is much lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents, 46.2%, have completed Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9% and the same gap exists compared to the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yarrowyck, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 23.1% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 37.2% of people.
23.1% ▲ +87.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 Yarrowyck, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Postgraduate degree (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in health at 18.1% and agriculture and environment at 14.9%. Education and society and culture follow at 12.8% and 10.6% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller for school access than about 59% of similar places.
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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 Yarrowyck [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14510/yarrowyck/topic/education