31.2% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yorketown · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Yorketown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 31.2% of people in Yorketown finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a local trend where a small number of residents hold high-level degrees, while most have practical trade skills. This pattern has become more pronounced over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are much lower than most areas, with the share of people finishing Year 12 falling by 3.4 points since 2011. About 19.5% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yorketown, the largest group is Year 12 at 35%, followed by Year 11 (26%) and Year 10 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below the South Australian average and has fallen since 2011. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 39% of residents.
6.3% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Yorketown, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering is the most common field at 16.9%. Other notable areas of study include Management and commerce at 11.4% and Education at 10.6%.
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 Yorketown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421043/yorketown/topic/education