50.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yeo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yeo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Yeo have remained steady over time, though they sit well below state and national figures. Only half of residents finished Year 12, a rate far below Victoria's 61.8%. While university degrees are less common, nearly half of qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Half of the people in Yeo completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 58.8%. Another 20% of residents left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yeo, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 16.7% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 29.2%. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46.4% of qualified adults.
16.7% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Yeo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 32%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 25.0%. Management and commerce follow at 21.4%, with Education at 17.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Yeo has more schools within 3 km than about 75% of similar areas, with five in total. These consist of 60% government and 40% Catholic schools, with an average school size of 342 students.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
342
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
989
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yeo
5 schools — 1,712 students, average ICSEA 989.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2
| Colac Secondary College, Colac | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 476 | 955 |
| Colac Primary School, Colac | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 164 | 946 |
| Trinity College Colac, Colac | Catholic | Secondary | 6.3 km | 744 | 1,015 |
| St Mary's School, Colac | Catholic | Primary | 6.7 km | 266 | 1,025 |
| Colac West Primary School, Colac | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 62 | 899 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yeo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22928/yeo/topic/education