41.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Spalford · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Spalford
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 12.5% of adults in Spalford hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. Education levels here generally trail behind both the state and the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 41.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is well below the Tasmania figure and far below the national rate of 58.8%. Many people in the area left school earlier, with 31.3% completing Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Spalford, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a university degree or higher is 12.5%, which is well below the state average of 21.9% and far below the Australian average.
12.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Spalford splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Society & culture at 32%, ahead of Agriculture & environment (26%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
One government primary school serves the area. This school is much smaller than most across similar areas, with a typical size of 31 students and a much lower advantage score.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
31
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
914
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Spalford
1 school — 31 students, average ICSEA 914.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Sprent Primary School, Sprent | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 31 | 914 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Spalford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60626/spalford/topic/education