51.9% ▲ +38.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Spearwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Spearwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A low proportion of adults in Spearwood hold university degrees, with just 17.2% having a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the national figure, reflecting a local workforce that leans more towards practical and vocational training than academic study.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but remains well below both the state and national figures. Roughly 22.2% of the population had Year 10 as their highest year of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Spearwood, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade and vocational certificates are the most common qualification here, held by 35.5% of adults. This stands in contrast to university degrees, which are well below the national average.
17.2% ▲ +82.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 Spearwood, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study at 20.3%, followed by management and commerce at 15.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 26 schools within 3km, though there are far fewer schools per child than in most other areas. Government schools make up 65.4% of the sector here, and the typical school size is 370 students.
1.79
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
26
Higher than 88% 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).
370
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,036
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Spearwood
26 schools — 9,614 students, average ICSEA 1,036.
By sector: Government 17 · Independent 5 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 19 · Secondary 4 · Combined 3
| Spearwood Alternative School, Spearwood | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 95 | 1,079 |
| Spearwood Primary School, Spearwood | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 114 | 954 |
| Newton Primary School, Spearwood | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 299 | 1,017 |
| Phoenix Primary School, Hamilton Hill | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 344 | 1,045 |
| St Jerome's Primary School, Lake Coogee | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 468 | 1,051 |
| Southwell Primary School, Hamilton Hill | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 83 | 794 |
| Coogee Primary School, Coogee | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 605 | 1,064 |
| Fremantle Christian College, Hamilton Hill | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 466 | 1,042 |
| Port School, Hamilton Hill | Independent | Secondary | 2.7 km | 156 | 906 |
| Kerry Street Community School, Hamilton Hill | Independent | Primary | 2.8 km | 62 | 1,101 |
| South Coogee Primary School, Beeliar | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 417 | 1,020 |
| East Hamilton Hill Primary School, Hamilton Hill | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 257 | 1,016 |
| Coolbellup Learning Centre, Coolbellup | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 58 | 961 |
| Perth Waldorf School, Bibra Lake | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 561 | 1,091 |
| Coolbellup Community School, Coolbellup | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 153 | 905 |
| Yangebup Primary School, Yangebup | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 322 | 989 |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Hilton | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 190 | 1,064 |
| Christ the King School, Beaconsfield | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 304 | 1,069 |
| Seton Catholic College, Samson | Catholic | Secondary | 3.9 km | 1,091 | 1,048 |
| Winterfold Primary School, Beaconsfield | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 321 | 1,057 |
| Samson Primary School, Samson | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 342 | 1,065 |
| Hilton Primary School, Hilton | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 386 | 1,065 |
| Divine Mercy College, Yangebup | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 322 | 1,062 |
| Fremantle College, Beaconsfield | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 1,312 | 1,004 |
| Beaconsfield Primary School, Beaconsfield | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 551 | 1,090 |
| North Lake Senior Campus, Kardinya | Government | Secondary | 4.8 km | 335 | 991 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Spearwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51396/spearwood/topic/education