28.3% ▲ +20.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yarrabah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yarrabah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Yarrabah have finished high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 28.3% of people have completed Year 12, and just 2.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the national figure, with 28.3% finishing Year 12 compared to 58.8% across Australia. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10 at 33.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yarrabah, the largest group is Year 10 at 35%, followed by Year 12 (29%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, as the 2.7% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is much lower than most areas. Nearly half of all qualifications are Certificate III or IV certificates.
2.7% ▲ +24.4%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Yarrabah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Certificate I / II is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most commonly studied society and culture (16.1%) or management and commerce (12.0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Yarrabah relies entirely on government combined schools, and while the average school size is higher than most areas, there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than usual.
1.34
Lower than 85% 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).
405
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
688
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yarrabah
1 school — 405 students, average ICSEA 688.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Yarrabah State School, Yarrabah | Government | Combined | 13.0 km | 405 | 688 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yarrabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33207/yarrabah/topic/education