43.8% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yetholme · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yetholme
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Yetholme have finished high school or university than in most other parts of the country. Only 43.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This suggests a local workforce that relies more on practical experience than formal academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, sitting at 43.8%. For many residents, the highest year of school finished was Year 10, at 26.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yetholme, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 16.4%, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.9% of people.
16.4% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Yetholme, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most often in Engineering and related fields (20.6%), followed by Management and commerce at 16.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a common trait for 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yetholme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14531/yetholme/topic/education