49.0% —
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yungaburra · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Yungaburra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Yungaburra. While university degrees have become much more common recently, the area has a lower rate of high school completion compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have finished Year 12, at 49.0%, which is well below the national figure of 58.8%. This is a decline from 2016, when 52.5% had completed Year 12.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yungaburra, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 11 points since 2016 to reach 22.0%. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits about the same as the Queensland average.
22.0% —
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 Yungaburra, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in engineering and related fields are the most frequent, making up 14.8% of qualifications, followed by management and commerce at 13.4%.
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 Yungaburra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315109/yungaburra/topic/education