40.0% ▲ +30.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yahl · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yahl
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Yahl compared to the rest of the country, with only 40% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where the share of adults with a university degree is much lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the South Australian figure of 54.6% and the national average of 58.8%. Roughly 17% of residents left school at Year 10, and 20% finished Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yahl, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 11 (24%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 22.7% seen across South Australia. Instead, trade qualifications are common, with 42% of the community holding a Certificate III or IV.
10.4% ▲ +15.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Yahl, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 17.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 9.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools relative to the number of children, with seven schools within 3km. Most are government-run primary schools, and the typical school size of 419 students is higher than most areas.
6.13
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
419
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yahl
7 schools — 2,936 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 6 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Yahl Primary School, Yahl | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 117 | 974 |
| Glenburnie Primary School, Glenburnie | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 71 | 1,001 |
| Grant High School, Mount Gambier | Government | Secondary | 6.2 km | 978 | 954 |
| Melaleuca Park Primary School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 107 | 882 |
| McDonald Park School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | 8.1 km | 379 | 948 |
| St Martins Lutheran College, Mount Gambier | Independent | Combined | 8.3 km | 810 | 1,028 |
| Reidy Park Primary School, Mount Gambier | Government | Primary | 8.7 km | 474 | 990 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yahl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41667/yahl/topic/education