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Education & Qualifications in Spencers Brook

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Just 5.3% of adults in Spencers Brook hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This represents a community where high-level academic qualifications are much less common than in most other areas. The typical educational profile here leans heavily toward vocational training and earlier school leaving.

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📍 Spencers Brook, Suburb / Locality

Where Spencers Brook sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

5.3% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Spencers Brook — lower than 87% of areas.

Spencers Brook5.3%
6401, WA 10.0%
Western Australia 23.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, with only 39.4% of residents finishing their final year. Around 35.2% of people in Spencers Brook stopped their schooling at Year 10.

Completed Year 12

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39.4% —

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Spencers Brook splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.

Year 12 39.4% Year 10 35.2% Year 9 or below 12.7% Year 11 11.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Higher education is rare here, and the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.5% of adults. This explains why the rate of university degrees is so much lower than the 23.8% seen across Western Australia.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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5.3% —

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Spencers Brook, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.

Certificate III / IV 32.5% Bachelor degree 10.0% Advanced diploma / diploma 7.5%

Field of study

What people studied.

Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are health and education, each representing 17.5% of the group, followed by society and culture at 12.5%.

Field of qualification

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Spencers Brook splits fairly evenly between Health (28%) and Education (28%), with Society & culture at 20%.

Health 17.5% Education 17.5% Society & culture 12.5% Engineering & related 7.5% Management & commerce 7.5%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools located within 3 km of this area, making it smaller in terms of local educational facilities than about 59% of similar places.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

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Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Spencers Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51398/spencers-brook/topic/education