26.2% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Spalding · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Spalding
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Spalding than in most similar areas. Only 26.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend carries into higher education, with very few adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.2% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian average of 58%. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, completed by 29.8% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →Spalding splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (36%) and Year 12 (31%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 4.1% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Instead, trade qualifications are more common, with 40.1% holding a Certificate III or IV.
4.1% ▲ +32.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Spalding, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 17.7%, followed by Society and Culture at 9.6% and Management and Commerce at 9.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Spalding has more schools within 3km than about 80% of similar areas, with eight in total. These include a mix of government, Catholic and independent options, though the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
359
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
958
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Spalding
8 schools — 2,874 students, average ICSEA 958.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 2 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Bluff Point Primary School, Bluff Point | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 218 | 797 |
| St Lawrence's Primary School, Geraldton | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 563 | 990 |
| Meekatharra School Of The Air, Bluff Point | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 61 | 975 |
| Waggrakine Primary School, Waggrakine | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 395 | 875 |
| Geraldton Christian College, Strathalbyn | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 475 | 985 |
| Allendale Primary School, Geraldton | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 363 | 893 |
| Geraldton Grammar School, Geraldton | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 693 | 1,073 |
| Geraldton Flexible School, Geraldton | Catholic | Secondary | 4.1 km | 106 | 763 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Spalding [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51395/spalding/topic/education