32.1% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yelarbon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yelarbon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have remained low in Yelarbon, where only 5.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most residents have left school with a certificate or a lower year of schooling.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.1% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 22.5% of residents reaching Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Yelarbon splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 10 (32%), with Year 9 or below at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Practical training is common here, with 37.1% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. However, those with a university degree are few, sitting far below the Australian average.
5.9% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Yelarbon, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Yelarbon most commonly studied management and commerce (17.1%) or engineering (16.2%), followed by agriculture and environment at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per child, though the local primary school is very small with an average of 19 students.
17.24
Higher than 86% 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).
19
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
861
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yelarbon
1 school — 19 students, average ICSEA 861.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Yelarbon State School, Yelarbon | Government | Primary | 8.5 km | 19 | 861 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yelarbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33216/yelarbon/topic/education