28.8% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yornup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yornup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Yornup have remained low over the last decade, with a small minority of residents holding university degrees. Only 28.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This reflects a community where most adults left school early or focused on trade-based learning.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in Yornup finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 28.8% completed Year 12, which is 29 points lower than the Western Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →Yornup splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 3.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.2% of residents.
3.8% ▼ -58.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Yornup, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 86%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most popular fields are agriculture and environment at 26.7%, followed by management and commerce at 15.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3km of the area, which is more common than in about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yornup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51692/yornup/topic/education