39.1% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yuroke · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yuroke
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 39.1% of residents in Yuroke have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This low rate of secondary school completion is a defining feature of the local education profile, sitting well behind both the state and Australian averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. In fact, 20.9% of people here had a Year 9 education or lower as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yuroke, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 9 or below (22%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.0% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 40.3% of residents.
13.0% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
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 Yuroke, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 31%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are most often trained in engineering, education, management, or health, with the first two fields each accounting for 19.4% of degrees and certificates.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Yuroke has 10 schools within 3km, a higher number than about 82% of similar areas. These schools are generally large, with an average size of 749 students.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
749
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,014
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yuroke
10 schools — 7,491 students, average ICSEA 1,014.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 2 · Combined 2
| Mickleham Primary School, Mickleham | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 255 | 987 |
| Elevation Secondary College, Craigieburn | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,177 | 962 |
| Oscar Romero Catholic Primary School, Craigieburn | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 660 | 1,010 |
| Aitken Creek Primary School, Craigieburn | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 972 | 992 |
| Wayi School, Craigieburn | Government | Combined | 4.2 km | 192 | 994 |
| Aitken Hill Primary School, Craigieburn | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 892 | 1,004 |
| Keelonith Primary School, Greenvale | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 361 | 1,032 |
| Aitken College, Greenvale | Independent | Combined | 5.5 km | 1,453 | 1,102 |
| Kolbe Catholic College, Greenvale | Catholic | Secondary | 5.6 km | 1,293 | 980 |
| Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School, Greenvale | Catholic | Primary | 5.7 km | 236 | 1,065 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yuroke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22941/yuroke/topic/education