69.6% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 69.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yaroomba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yaroomba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 70% of residents in Yaroomba have completed Year 12, which is far above the national figure. This high level of schooling is matched by a strong trend toward university degrees. It is a well-qualified area where a third of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher here than in most similar areas, sitting at 69.6% compared to 58.8% across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yaroomba, Year 12 is the majority at 73%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is common in Yaroomba, where 34.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%.
34.1% ▲ +73.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 34.1%
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 Yaroomba, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in management and commerce (21.2%), followed by health (13.3%) and society and culture (11.7%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is among the largest of its kind and has a school advantage score much higher 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).
1,004
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,046
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yaroomba
1 school — 1,004 students, average ICSEA 1,046.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Coolum State School, Coolum Beach | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 1,004 | 1,046 |
Sources
More for Yaroomba
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yaroomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33206/yaroomba/topic/education