40.4% ▲ +33.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yangan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yangan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Yangan compared to most areas, with only 40.4% of residents completing Year 12. This pattern is reflected in higher education levels, where the number of university degrees is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. About 34.2% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yangan, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 12.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common at 43.3%.
12.0% ▲ +19.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
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 Yangan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering (15.6%) and Management and commerce (13.3%), followed by Education at 12.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is much smaller than in most areas. The local primary school is government-run.
12.35
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
40
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
966
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yangan
1 school — 40 students, average ICSEA 966.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Yangan State School, Yangan | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 40 | 966 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yangan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33204/yangan/topic/education