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Adelaide - South · Region (SA4)

Education & Qualifications in Adelaide - South

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

Almost 10 percentage points more people in Adelaide - South finished Year 12 between 2011 and 2021. This growth is mirrored in higher education, where the share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose by 7.2 percentage points over the same period to reach 25.3%. These trends highlight a significant increase in formal qualifications across the region.

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📍 Adelaide - South, Region (SA4)

Where Adelaide - South sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

25.3% ▲ +40.0%

All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Adelaide - South — higher than 70% of areas.

Adelaide - South25.3%
Greater Adelaide 25.9%
South Australia 22.7%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion is higher than most areas at 58.9%, which is well above the South Australian figure of 54.6%. Most residents have finished school, with 16.3% reaching Year 11 and 13.8% reaching Year 10 as their highest level.

Completed Year 12

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58.9% ▲ +20.0%

Higher than 69% of region (sa4) areas.

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

Highest year of school

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In Adelaide - South, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 11 is next at 17%.

Year 12 58.9% Year 11 16.3% Year 10 13.8% Year 9 or below 6.6%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

A bachelor degree or higher is held by 25.3% of adults, a little above the state average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 29.4% of the population.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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25.3% ▲ +40.0%

Higher than 70% of region (sa4) 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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Adelaide - South splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (34%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.

Certificate III / IV 29.4% Bachelor degree 27.2% Advanced diploma / diploma 15.4% Postgraduate degree 8.8% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.3% Certificate I / II 2.2%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 18.4%. Other prominent areas of study include society and culture at 14.2% and engineering at 13.8%.

Schools

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

The region has 120 schools and 58,651 enrolments, more than about two-thirds of similar areas. Most of these are government schools (65.8%) and the majority are primary schools (69.2%).

Average school ICSEA

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1,051

Higher than 72% of region (sa4) areas.

Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).

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Schools serving Adelaide - South

120 schools — 58,651 students, average ICSEA 1,051.

By sector: Government 79 · Independent 21 · Catholic 20

By type: Primary 83 · Combined 21 · Secondary 16
Cardijn College - Marian Campus, Noarlunga Downs Catholic Secondary — 2,247 1,019
Sacred Heart College - Marcellin Campus, Somerton Park Catholic Combined — 2,033 1,083
Reynella East College, Reynella East Government Combined — 1,938 988
Brighton Secondary School, North Brighton Government Secondary — 1,737 1,071
Unley High School, Netherby Government Secondary — 1,547 1,084
Woodcroft College, Morphett Vale Independent Combined — 1,534 1,071
Westminster School, Marion Independent Combined — 1,401 1,139
Seaview High School, Seacombe Heights Government Secondary — 1,377 1,038
Hallett Cove School, Hallett Cove Government Combined — 1,243 999
Scotch College - Torrens Park Campus, Torrens Park Independent Combined — 1,213 1,146
Blackwood High School, Eden Hills Government Secondary — 1,211 1,059
Cabra Dominican College, Cumberland Park Catholic Combined — 1,165 1,065
Mercedes College, Springfield Catholic Combined — 1,111 1,133
Tatachilla Lutheran College, Mclaren Vale Independent Combined — 1,103 1,068
Urrbrae Agricultural High School, Netherby Government Secondary — 1,102 1,074
Emmaus Christian College, South Plympton Independent Combined — 1,084 1,137
St John's Grammar School - Junior Campus, Belair Independent Combined — 1,009 1,141
Wirreanda Secondary School, Morphett Vale Government Secondary — 915 913
Aberfoyle Park High School, Aberfoyle Park Government Secondary — 906 1,039
Aldinga Payinthi College, Aldinga Government Combined — 831 954
Seaford Secondary College, Seaford Government Secondary — 829 962
Christies Beach High School, Christie Downs Government Secondary — 789 905
Mitcham Girls High School, Kingswood Government Secondary — 754 1,083
IQRA College, O'Halloran Hill Independent Combined — 734 1,067
Brighton Primary School, Brighton Government Primary — 726 1,077
Prescott College Southern, Morphett Vale Independent Combined — 707 1,036
Willunga High School, Willunga Government Secondary — 693 994
Colonel Light Gardens Primary School, Colonel Light Gardens Government Primary — 688 1,119
Woodend Primary School, Sheidow Park Government Primary — 631 1,050
Mitcham Primary School, Kingswood Government Primary — 629 1,121
Glenelg Primary School, Glenelg East Government Primary — 613 1,078
Hamilton Secondary College, Mitchell Park Government Secondary — 609 994
All Saints Catholic Primary School, Seaford Catholic Primary — 536 1,017
St Martin de Porres School, Sheidow Park Catholic Primary — 530 1,060
McLaren Vale Primary School, Mclaren Vale Government Primary — 521 1,018
Paringa Park Primary School, North Brighton Government Primary — 515 1,101
Edwardstown Primary School, Melrose Park Government Primary — 512 1,098
St Peter's Woodlands Grammar School, Glenelg Independent Primary — 509 1,140
Southern Vales Christian College - Morphett Vale Campus, Morphett Vale Independent Combined — 503 1,038
Belair Primary School, Belair Government Primary — 490 1,117
Coromandel Valley Primary School, Coromandel Valley Government Primary — 483 1,097
Westbourne Park Primary School, Westbourne Park Government Primary — 480 1,126
Woodcroft Primary School, Woodcroft Government Primary — 454 1,004
McAuley Community School, Hove Catholic Primary — 451 1,099
Flagstaff Hill Primary School, Flagstaff Hill Government Primary — 432 1,067
Reynella Primary School, Old Reynella Government Primary — 430 1,001
Stella Maris Parish School, Seacombe Gardens Catholic Primary — 429 1,086
Craigburn Primary School, Flagstaff Hill Government Primary — 426 1,074
Australian Science and Mathematics School, Bedford Park Government Secondary — 419 1,101
St Mary's Memorial School, Glenelg Catholic Primary — 405 1,113
Willunga Waldorf School, Willunga Independent Combined — 390 1,072
St Leonards Primary School, Glenelg North Government Primary — 387 1,064
Aldinga Beach Primary School, Aldinga Government Primary — 377 959
Emmaus Catholic School, Woodcroft Catholic Primary — 373 1,005
Port Noarlunga Primary School, Port Noarlunga Government Primary — 370 999
Moana Primary School, Seaford Government Primary — 369 1,018
Seaford Rise Primary School, Seaford Rise Government Primary — 369 977
Blackwood Primary School, Eden Hills Government Primary — 363 1,095
Braeview School, Happy Valley Government Primary — 360 1,032
Flaxmill School P-6, Morphett Vale Government Primary — 358 950
Seacliff Primary School, Seacliff Government Primary — 356 1,094
Willunga Primary School, Willunga Government Primary — 346 1,027
St John The Apostle Parish School, Christies Beach Catholic Primary — 334 1,021
Hallett Cove East Primary School, Hallett Cove Government Primary — 325 1,056
Happy Valley Primary School, Happy Valley Government Primary — 325 1,033
Seaview Downs Primary School, Seaview Downs Government Primary — 324 1,051
Sunrise Christian School Marion, Marion Independent Combined — 320 1,090
South Port Primary School, Port Noarlunga South Government Primary — 295 968
Hawthorndene Primary School, Hawthorndene Government Primary — 290 1,108
Sheidow Park Primary School, Sheidow Park Government Primary — 290 1,020
Warradale Primary School, Warradale Government Primary — 286 1,032
Antonio Catholic School, Morphett Vale Catholic Primary — 277 1,008
St Joseph's School, Kingswood Catholic Primary — 256 1,135
Pimpala Primary School, Morphett Vale Government Primary — 254 981
Springbank Secondary College, Pasadena Government Secondary — 249 1,021
Clapham Primary School, Clapham Government Primary — 243 1,098
Aberfoyle Hub Primary School, Aberfoyle Park Government Primary — 241 1,030
Forbes Primary School, South Plympton Government Primary — 235 1,002
Coorara Primary School, Morphett Vale Government Primary — 233 947
Southern Montessori School, O'Sullivan Beach Independent Primary — 230 1,095
Eden Hills Primary School, Eden Hills Government Primary — 229 1,116
Our Lady of Grace School, Glengowrie Catholic Primary — 225 1,075
Clovelly Park Primary School, Clovelly Park Government Primary — 222 1,038
Hackham East Primary School, Hackham Government Primary — 217 948
McLaren Flat Primary School, Mclaren Flat Government Primary — 207 1,030
Christie Downs Primary School, Christie Downs Government Primary — 205 925
St Bernadette's School, St Marys Catholic Primary — 205 1,085
Christies Beach Primary School, Christies Beach Government Primary — 194 889
Calvary Lutheran Primary School, Morphett Vale Independent Primary — 191 971
Ascot Park Primary School, Park Holme Government Primary — 189 1,025
Darlington Primary School, Seacombe Gardens Government Primary — 184 964
Morphett Vale Primary School, Morphett Vale Government Primary — 182 950
Christ the King School, Warradale Catholic Primary — 179 1,079
Bellevue Heights Primary School, Bellevue Heights Government Primary — 177 1,090
St Therese School, Colonel Light Gardens Catholic Primary — 172 1,087
Pilgrim School, Aberfoyle Park Independent Primary — 161 1,109
School of the Nativity, Aberfoyle Park Catholic Primary — 159 1,086
Old Noarlunga Primary School, Old Noarlunga Government Primary — 155 999
Morphett Vale East School, Morphett Vale Government Primary — 153 908
Sunrise Christian School Morphett Vale, Morphett Vale Independent Primary — 151 1,068
Thiele Primary School, Aberfoyle Park Government Primary — 151 1,022
Reynella South Primary School, Reynella Government Primary — 150 969
Marion Primary School, Marion Government Primary — 149 1,032
FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement, Christie Downs Catholic Secondary — 137 952
Noarlunga Downs Primary School, Noarlunga Downs Government Primary — 124 937
St Anthony's School, Edwardstown Catholic Primary — 116 1,090
Hackham West School, Hackham West Government Primary — 110 867
Our Saviour Lutheran School Happy Valley Incorporated, Aberfoyle Park Independent Primary — 98 1,065
Dara School, Morphettville Independent Combined — 93 1,176
Concordia College (St Peters Campus, Blackwood), Blackwood Independent Primary — 88 1,119
Clarendon Primary School, Clarendon Government Primary — 86 1,042
O'Sullivan Beach Primary School, O'Sullivan Beach Government Primary — 84 926
Huntfield Heights School P-6, Huntfield Heights Government Primary — 80 898
Hallett Cove South Primary School, Hallett Cove Government Primary — 77 989
Suneden Specialist School, Mitchell Park Independent Combined — 72 1,065
Lonsdale Heights Primary School, Christie Downs Government Primary — 71 949
OneSchool Global SA - Aberfoyle Campus, Aberfoyle Park Independent Combined — 65 983
Kilparrin Teaching and Assessment School and Services, Park Holme Government Combined — 34 1,035
Kangarilla Primary School, Kangarilla Government Primary — 30 1,018
SA School and Services for Vision Impaired, Park Holme Government Primary — 20 965

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 Adelaide - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/403/adelaide-south/topic/education