34.2% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yelta · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yelta
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Yelta than in most similar areas. Only 34.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This low rate of school completion is reflected in the area's higher-education stats, where university degrees are also less common than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.2% of people here finished Year 12, a result far below the Australian average of 58.8%. Other common highest levels of schooling include Year 10 at 23.3% and Year 11 at 18.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yelta, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon here, with only 9.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. The most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.2% of residents.
9.9% ▲ +43.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Yelta, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (26%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 14.1%, followed by society and culture at 10.1% and education at 9.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Yelta has two schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. Both are government schools with a typical size of 122 students, though they have some of the lowest advantage scores at this level.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
122
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
791
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yelta
2 schools — 244 students, average ICSEA 791.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Dareton Public School, Dareton | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 54 | 668 |
| Coomealla High School, Dareton | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 190 | 826 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yelta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22926/yelta/topic/education