37.6% ▲ +16.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yalca · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yalca
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents in Yalca hold university degrees, with only 6.8% of adults having a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The area has a strong focus on trade and practical training rather than higher academic qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the state average, with only 37.6% of people finishing Year 12. This is 24 points lower than the Victoria average of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yalca, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Practical certificates are the most common achievement here, with 30% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the number of university degrees is much lower than in most other areas.
6.8% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Yalca, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (30%) and Bachelor degree (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications often specialise in technical or land-based fields, with engineering at 19% and agriculture and environment at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yalca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22890/yalca/topic/education