25.3% ▲ +53.7%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yanco · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Yanco
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Yanco have completed high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 25.3% of the population finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. However, this is a slight improvement from 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest school year completed at 45.8%. While far below the state average, the proportion of people finishing Year 12 rose 8.8 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yanco, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (26%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Degrees are rare here, with only 4.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, among the lowest levels in the region. Instead, over half the population holds a Certificate III or IV.
4.6% ▲ +33.5%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Yanco, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 73%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 12%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most often held in engineering and related fields at 22.5%, followed by management and commerce at 17.8%.
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 Yanco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122156/yanco/topic/education