43.7% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yennora · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yennora
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 11.5% of adults in Yennora hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. This gap is mirrored in school completion rates, with far fewer people finishing Year 12 compared to the rest of New South Wales and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 43.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. About 21.7% of people had Year 9 or below as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yennora, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 9 or below is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a university degree is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 20.7% of the population.
11.5% ▲ +77.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Yennora splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (37%) and Bachelor degree (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 13.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 9.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Yennora has 41 schools within 3 km, one of the largest numbers for an area of this level. Most of these are government schools (75.6%), and they tend to be much larger than those in most other areas.
7.60
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
41
Higher than 90% 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).
582
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yennora
41 schools — 23,858 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 31 · Catholic 7 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 25 · Secondary 11 · Combined 5
| Yennora Public School, Yennora | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 244 | 933 |
| Verona School, Fairfield East | Government | Combined | 0.8 km | 89 | 889 |
| Fairfield High School, Fairfield | Government | Secondary | 0.9 km | 1,123 | 878 |
| Patrician Brothers' College Fairfield, Fairfield | Catholic | Secondary | 1.2 km | 1,144 | 969 |
| Fairfield Public School, Fairfield | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 386 | 901 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Guildford | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 342 | 1,028 |
| Guildford Public School, Guildford | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 623 | 943 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Fairfield | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 691 | 997 |
| Guildford West Public School, Guildford West | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 366 | 945 |
| Fairfield Heights Public School, Fairfield | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 642 | 893 |
| Villawood North Public School, Fairfield East | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 250 | 937 |
| Old Guildford Public School, Guildford | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 411 | 903 |
| Warakirri College, Fairfield | Independent | Secondary | 1.9 km | 548 | 902 |
| Rowland Hassall School, Chester Hill | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 63 | 889 |
| Merrylands High School, Merrylands | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 855 | 915 |
| Fowler Road School, Merrylands | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | 55 | 895 |
| Merrylands Public School, Merrylands | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 620 | 936 |
| Carramar Public School, Carramar | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 227 | 931 |
| Cerdon College, Merrylands | Catholic | Secondary | 2.7 km | 1,001 | 1,041 |
| Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School, Guildford | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 733 | 855 |
| St Gertrude's Catholic Primary School, Smithfield | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 632 | 992 |
| Merrylands East Public School, Merrylands | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 347 | 955 |
| Sherwood Grange Public School, Merrylands | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 246 | 992 |
| Canley Vale High School, Canley Vale | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,651 | 954 |
| Fairvale Public School, Fairfield | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 503 | 919 |
| Granville South Public School, Guildford | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 323 | 933 |
| Chester Hill High School, Chester Hill | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,056 | 912 |
| St Margaret Mary's Primary School, Merrylands | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 574 | 1,050 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Villawood | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 226 | 1,053 |
| Chester Hill North Public School, Chester Hill | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 400 | 950 |
| Smithfield Public School, Smithfield | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 517 | 948 |
| Lansvale Public School, Canley Vale | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 524 | 934 |
| Holroyd High School, Greystanes | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 547 | 919 |
| Blaxcell Street Public School, Granville | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 948 | 957 |
| Villawood East Public School, Villawood | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 301 | 898 |
| Pal Buddhist School, Canley Vale | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 109 | 1,032 |
| Fairvale High School, Fairfield West | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 1,320 | 912 |
| Salamah College, Chester Hill | Independent | Combined | 3.9 km | 1,353 | 989 |
| Widemere Public School, Greystanes | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 169 | 1,036 |
| Chester Hill Public School, Chester Hill | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 578 | 958 |
| Sefton High School, Sefton | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 1,121 | 1,033 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yennora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14524/yennora/topic/education