52.8% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.6%
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yellow Rock · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yellow Rock
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of about 6% separates Yellow Rock from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. While the area performs better than most similar spots, the typical resident is less likely to have finished high school or hold a university degree than people across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 52.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Another 31.2% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yellow Rock, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 32%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
People with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.1% of adults, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the national 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.5% of residents.
18.1% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 Yellow Rock, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Yellow Rock are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce (19.4%) and Engineering (19.1%) as the most common areas of study. Society and Culture and Health follow at 12.2% and 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 15 schools within 3km, which is more than 86% of similar areas. These schools have an average advantage score of 1,061, which is much higher than most areas, and two-thirds are government-run.
15
Higher than 86% 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).
359
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,061
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yellow Rock
15 schools — 5,022 students, average ICSEA 1,061.
By sector: Government 10 · Independent 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 9 · Combined 4 · Secondary 2
| Winmalee High School, Winmalee | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 698 | 1,040 |
| Winmalee Public School, Winmalee | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 359 | 1,043 |
| Wycliffe Hope School, Warrimoo | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 39 | 1,037 |
| Wycliffe Christian School, Warrimoo | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 586 | 1,100 |
| St Thomas Aquinas Primary School, Springwood | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 368 | 1,095 |
| Mount Riverview Public School, Mount Riverview | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 231 | 1,050 |
| Ellison Public School, Springwood | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 283 | 1,051 |
| St Columba's Catholic College, Springwood | Catholic | Secondary | 4.4 km | 1,112 | 1,088 |
| Warrimoo Public School, Warrimoo | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 146 | 1,052 |
| Emu Heights Public School, Emu Plains | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 237 | 1,006 |
| The Lakes Christian College, Castlereagh | Independent | Combined | 5.2 km | 330 | 1,022 |
| Castlereagh Public School, Castlereagh | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 126 | 968 |
| Springwood Public School, Springwood | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 370 | 1,059 |
| Blaxland Public School, Blaxland | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 137 | 1,068 |
| Penrith Lakes Environmental Education Centre, Castlereagh | Government | Combined | 6.3 km | — | — |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yellow Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14520/yellow-rock/topic/education