37.3% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yerrinbool · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yerrinbool
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Yerrinbool have finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 37.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is a gap of 22 percentage points below both the New South Wales and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are lower than most areas, with 37.6% of people finishing at Year 10 and 37.3% completing Year 12.
Highest year of school
View on map →Yerrinbool splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.7% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Trade qualifications are more common, with 47.6% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
11.7% ▲ +66.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Yerrinbool, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related studies at 21.8%, followed by management and commerce at 15.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two primary schools, both of which are government run. These schools are smaller than most others in similar areas and have a much lower average advantage score.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
152
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
944
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yerrinbool
2 schools — 303 students, average ICSEA 944.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Yanderra Public School, Yanderra | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 35 | 934 |
| Bargo Public School, Bargo | Government | Primary | 6.1 km | 268 | 945 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yerrinbool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14528/yerrinbool/topic/education