54.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yering · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yering
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 30% of adults in Yering hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. This high level of tertiary education stands in contrast to school completion rates, as Yering is well below the state and national figures for people finishing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 54.6% of residents finished Year 12, a figure well below the Victorian average of 61.8%. About 17.6% of the population stopped their schooling after Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yering, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 11 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification level is high, with 29.2% of adults holding a university degree. This is a little above the Australian figure and about the same as the Victorian average.
29.2% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 Yering, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Certificate III / IV (27%) and Graduate diploma / certificate (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are architecture and building at 20.3%, followed by management and commerce at 13.5%. Health and society and culture each account for 10.8% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Yering has a high number of schools for its population, with 38.46 schools per 1,000 children. These schools are much smaller than most areas, with an average size of 61 students.
38.46
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
61
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,010
Higher 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 Yering
4 schools — 242 students, average ICSEA 1,010.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 1
| Yering Primary School, Yering | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 20 | 1,039 |
| Yarra Glen Primary School, Yarra Glen | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 117 | 998 |
| Coldstream Primary School, Coldstream | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 85 | 997 |
| Lyrebird College, Coldstream | Independent | Combined | 5.8 km | 20 | 1,102 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22930/yering/topic/education