29.9% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yabulu · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Yabulu
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
School completion rates have risen slightly in Yabulu since 2011, though education levels remain far below the national average. Only 29.9% of residents have finished Year 12, and the proportion of adults with a university degree is among the lowest in the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than 30% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. The most common highest year of school finished here is Year 10, at 33.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Yabulu splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 4.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 48.9% of residents.
4.5% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Yabulu, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 71%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 17.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.2%.
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 Yabulu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321113/yabulu/topic/education