39.8% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yea · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yea
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Yea than in most similar areas. Only 39.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This trend extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also much lower than state and national levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 39.8%, which is far below the 58.8% national average. Many residents left school earlier, with 21.6% finishing at Year 10 and 13.4% leaving at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yea, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 13.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. Instead, trade and vocational certificates are common, with 35.4% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
13.3% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Yea, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (23%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for those with degrees or certificates are Engineering and related fields at 13.9%, followed by Society and Culture at 11.1% and Health at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Yea has 12.5 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the typical school is smaller than in other areas, there are three schools within 3km of residents.
12.50
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
149
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yea
3 schools — 447 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Yea High School, Yea | Government | Secondary | 7.0 km | 283 | 960 |
| Sacred Heart School, Yea | Catholic | Primary | 7.2 km | 36 | 959 |
| Yea Primary School, Yea | Government | Primary | 7.5 km | 128 | 1,005 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22924/yea/topic/education