32.7% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yalangur · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yalangur
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Yalangur than in the rest of the country. Only 32.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend of lower educational attainment extends to higher degrees as well.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland average, with the typical resident reaching Year 10. This represents a gap of 26 percentage points compared to the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yalangur, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 8.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
8.5% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Yalangur splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (36%) and Certificate III / IV (36%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 38%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. This school is smaller than most others and has a much lower advantage score than most areas.
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).
205
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
939
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yalangur
1 school — 205 students, average ICSEA 939.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kingsthorpe State School, Kingsthorpe | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 205 | 939 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yalangur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33196/yalangur/topic/education