33.0% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yerra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yerra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Yerra than in most similar areas. Only 33% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. However, the area has a higher share of adults with university degrees than many similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is low here, with only 33% finishing Year 12, far below the 58.8% national average. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10 at 35%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Yerra splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland figure. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 32.7%.
21.0% ▲ +224.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Yerra splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (35%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by engineering and related studies at 23.1%, followed by society and culture at 17.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area's only school is a government primary school. It is much smaller than most schools in similar areas, with a typical size of 55 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).
55
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
923
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yerra
1 school — 55 students, average ICSEA 923.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mungar State School, Mungar | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 55 | 923 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yerra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33221/yerra/topic/education