40.7% —
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yamba · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Yamba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Yamba, where 31.9% of the population hold one. While a fair number of people have university degrees, the area has a much lower rate of high school completion compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.7% of residents here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Roughly 31.5% of the population finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yamba, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 16.4% of adults, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.4% —
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
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 Yamba, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 15.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.7%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114036/yamba/topic/education