48.6% —
Higher than 70% of urban area areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yeppoon · Urban Area
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A growing number of people in Yeppoon have finished high school compared to previous years. While more residents are completing their studies, the area still has much lower rates of school and university completion than the national average.
Highest year of school completed.
Nearly half of residents, or 48.6%, have completed Year 12. This is higher than most similar areas, but it remains far below the Australian figure of 58.8%.
48.6% —
Higher than 70% of urban area areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Yeppoon, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 16.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the Queensland average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.3% of the population.
16.1% —
Higher than 57% of urban area areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Yeppoon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
What people studied.
Qualifications in Yeppoon are led by Engineering and related fields at 18.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.8%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yeppoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3019/yeppoon/topic/education