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Education & Qualifications in Yass

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A gap of nearly 9 percentage points separates Yass from the rest of the state in high school completion. While 50% of residents finished Year 12, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Despite this, the area performs much better than most similar places across education and qualifications.

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📍 Yass, Urban Centre

Where Yass sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

19.1% —

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Yass — higher than 79% of areas.

Yass19.1%
2582, NSW 25.2%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Half of the population completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure of 58.8%. About 26.2% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.

Highest year of school

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In Yass, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 28%.

Year 12 50.0% Year 10 26.2% Year 9 or below 10.4% Year 11 6.6%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Around 19.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is much higher than in similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.3% of people.

Highest qualification level

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In Yass, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).

Certificate III / IV 34.3% Bachelor degree 21.1% Advanced diploma / diploma 14.7% Postgraduate degree 6.3% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.1% Certificate I / II 2.4%

Field of study

What people studied.

Management and commerce are the most common fields of study at 16.1%, followed closely by society and culture at 16%. Engineering and related subjects account for 11.9% of qualifications.

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 Yass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114037/yass/topic/education