29.8% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yolla · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Yolla
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 29.8% of residents in Yolla have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in schooling is reflected in higher education levels, with the area seeing far fewer adults with university degrees than the rest of Tasmania and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Almost half of the population topped out at Year 10, while Year 12 completion is much lower than in most similar areas. This result is far below the Tasmanian average of 47.1% and the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yolla, the largest group is Year 10 at 50%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. Instead, a large portion of the community holds a Certificate III or IV, which is the most common qualification at 45.7%.
11.3% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Yolla, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Yolla most commonly studied Engineering and related fields, at 23.2%. Other common areas of study include Health, Management, and Society and Culture.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 17.86 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. The local school is a government-run combined facility with an average size of 110 students, though it has one of the lowest advantage scores for its level.
17.86
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
110
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
880
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Yolla
1 school — 110 students, average ICSEA 880.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Yolla District School, Yolla | Government | Combined | 1.8 km | 110 | 880 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yolla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60772/yolla/topic/education