50.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yandoit Hills · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yandoit Hills
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Highly qualified adults shape the daily life of Yandoit Hills, where over 60% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. This is a striking contrast to the local school completion rate, which is much lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only half of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8% and well below the Australian figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yandoit Hills, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has one of the highest rates of university education, with 60.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher—far above the national figure of 26.3%.
60.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Yandoit Hills splits fairly evenly between Postgraduate degree (36%) and Bachelor degree (36%), with Certificate III / IV at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields (18.2%), followed by health (15.2%), and education and society and culture both at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The only school within 3km is a government primary school, which is much smaller than most with an average of 16 students and a school advantage score much higher than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
16
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,047
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yandoit Hills
1 school — 16 students, average ICSEA 1,047.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Yandoit Primary School, Yandoit | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 16 | 1,047 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yandoit Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22903/yandoit-hills/topic/education