45.9% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yendon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yendon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Less than half of Yendon residents, at 45.9%, have completed Year 12. This is far below the Victorian and national figures, though the area still has a higher proportion of adults with university degrees than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.9% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. About 20% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yendon, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 21.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.6% of residents.
21.4% ▲ +38.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 Yendon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Yendon most often studied engineering and related fields (20.5%) or society and culture (19.9%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, but it is much smaller than most other schools in similar areas, with an average size of 41 students.
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).
41
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yendon
1 school — 41 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lal Lal Primary School, Lal Lal | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 41 | 983 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22927/yendon/topic/education