49.0% —
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yeppoon · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Yeppoon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of nearly 10 percentage points separates Yeppoon from the national figure for Year 12 completions. While many locals hold a Certificate III or IV, the area generally has lower levels of formal schooling and degrees compared to the rest of Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 49.0%, have finished Year 12, which is well below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. This is a high proportion compared to similar areas, though 25.8% of people here stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yeppoon, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical adult is more likely to have a Certificate III or IV (38.1%) than a university degree. Only 16.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.3% —
Higher than 72% 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 Yeppoon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 18.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.9%.
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 Yeppoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313012/yeppoon/topic/education