24.2% ▲ +52.6%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Yuendumu · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Yuendumu
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Limited formal schooling shapes the daily lives of many in Yuendumu, though more people are finishing their studies than in the past. Only 24.2% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the lowest for similar areas, though the proportion of people finishing Year 12 rose 8.3 points since 2011. About 33.4% of residents had Year 9 or below as their highest level of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Yuendumu, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 36%, followed by Year 12 (26%) and Year 10 (25%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.2% of the population, which is far below both the Territory and Australian figures. This rate has climbed 3.6 points since 2011, with bachelor degrees being the most common high-level qualification at 22.4%.
11.2% ▲ +47.6%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Yuendumu, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 35%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in education (16.7%) and society and culture (12.6%). Other common fields include management and commerce, creative arts, and engineering.
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 Yuendumu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721017/yuendumu/topic/education