36.9% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Spencer · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Spencer
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Spencer have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 36.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend is reflected in the low number of university degrees held by adults in the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the state and national figures, sitting at 36.9%. About 27.4% of residents finished Year 10, while 14.7% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Spencer, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with only 8.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 32.7%.
8.6% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Spencer, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are engineering at 19.9%, followed by health at 10.9% and management and commerce at 9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of Spencer, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Spencer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13623/spencer/topic/education