50.1% ▲ +112.3%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yandina · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A huge jump in school and university completions has transformed Yandina since 2011. Half of the population has now finished Year 12, a massive increase from just 23.6% ten years ago. This shift is mirrored in higher education, where the number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has climbed by 13 percentage points.
Highest year of school completed.
While more people are finishing school than in the past, 50.1% of residents completing Year 12 is still well below the national figure of 58.8%. Around 26.7% of people in Yandina finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
50.1% ▲ +112.3%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Yandina, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 15.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Australian average. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.8% of residents.
15.2% ▲ +627.9%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Yandina, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
What people studied.
Qualifications in Yandina are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 14.6%. Management and commerce follow closely at 13.9%, with Health and Society and culture also featuring strongly.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Yandina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315107/yandina/topic/education