26.9% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yealering · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yealering
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A small number of residents in Yealering have finished high school, with only 26.9% completing Year 12. This creates a local profile where most adults rely on trade certificates rather than university degrees for their professional skills.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.9% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 32.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yealering, the largest group is Year 10 at 37%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, a result far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, 38.2% of residents hold a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Yealering, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have studied a variety of fields, with Society and Culture being the most common at 14.7%, followed by Agriculture and Environment and Creative Arts at 11.8% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, though it is very small with an average size of 10 students. This school's advantage score is lower than most other areas.
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).
10
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
974
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yealering
1 school — 10 students, average ICSEA 974.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Yealering Primary School, Yealering | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 10 | 974 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yealering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51680/yealering/topic/education