43.8% ▲ +25.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yengarie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yengarie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Yengarie have remained steady over the last decade, though they trail behind state and national figures. Only 10.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Most residents have a trade or vocational qualification instead.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to the wider community, with only 43.8% completing Year 12. This is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, and about 30.6% of residents stopped after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yengarie, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common, with 44% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the proportion of people with a university degree is much lower than in most other areas.
10.8% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Yengarie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 22.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 15% and Health at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one independent school, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas. This school has an average size of 1,329 students.
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).
1,329
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,004
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yengarie
1 school — 1,329 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Riverside Christian College, Maryborough | Independent | Combined | 7.9 km | 1,329 | 1,004 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yengarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33218/yengarie/topic/education