35.7% ▲ +26.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Young · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Young
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Roughly 39% of qualified adults in Young hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. This is a place where far fewer people finished high school or earned university degrees compared to the rest of the state. Only 35.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national average, sitting at 35.7%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 33.5% of people reaching Year 10 as their highest school level.
Highest year of school
View on map →Young splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. This proportion of university-qualified residents is lower than in most other similar areas.
11.0% ▲ +27.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Young, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 16.2%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.3%. Health and society and culture also make up about 10% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Young has eight schools within 3km, which is more than 80% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, though the average school advantage score is lower than in most other areas.
2.80
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
263
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
962
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Young
8 schools — 2,102 students, average ICSEA 962.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Young North Public School, Young | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 298 | 915 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Young | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 222 | 1,016 |
| New Madinah College, Young | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 100 | 931 |
| Hennessy Catholic College, Young | Catholic | Secondary | 4.4 km | 426 | 1,012 |
| Young High School, Young | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 495 | 920 |
| Young Public School, Young | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 524 | 969 |
| Monteagle Public School, Monteagle | Government | Primary | 11.8 km | 24 | 969 |
| Maimuru Public School, Maimuru | Government | Primary | 12.8 km | 13 | 966 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Young [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14536/young/topic/education