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Yarrabah · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Yarrabah

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

Less than 30% of Yarrabah residents have finished Year 12, meaning most adults here rely on practical skills and certificates rather than formal degrees. This creates a community where vocational training is far more common than university education, with very few people holding a bachelor's degree.

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📍 Yarrabah, Urban Centre

Where Yarrabah sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

3.2% —

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Yarrabah — lower than 96% of areas.

Yarrabah3.2%
4871, QLD 8.2%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 29.1% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%, though this rose slightly since 2016. The most common highest year of school reached here is Year 10, at 34.5%.

Completed Year 12

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29.1% —

Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Yarrabah, the largest group is Year 10 at 36%, followed by Year 12 (30%) and Year 11 (19%).

Year 10 34.5% Year 12 29.1% Year 11 18.4% Year 9 or below 14.0%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

University degrees are rare in Yarrabah, with only 3.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher—far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. Instead, half of all qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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3.2% —

Lower than 96% 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

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In Yarrabah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 67%; Certificate I / II is next at 12%.

Certificate III / IV 50.5% Certificate I / II 9.3% Advanced diploma / diploma 7.4% Bachelor degree 6.0% Graduate diploma / certificate 1.6%

Field of study

What people studied.

Among those with a qualification, the most common fields are society and culture at 17.9%, followed by management and commerce at 11% and architecture and building at 10.4%.

Field of qualification

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No single group dominates in Yarrabah — Society & culture leads at 24%, ahead of Management & commerce (14%) and Architecture & building (14%).

Society & culture 17.9% Management & commerce 11.0% Architecture & building 10.4% Education 9.3% Agriculture & environment 8.0% Engineering & related 6.9% Health 6.3% Food, hospitality & personal services 6.0%

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 Yarrabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315108/yarrabah/topic/education