47.7% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Andrews Farm · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Andrews Farm
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Andrews Farm have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 47.7% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend continues into higher education, with very few adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 47.7%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. This means nearly half of the local adults have not finished their final year of secondary school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Andrews Farm, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 11 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 47.7% of residents.
8.6% ▲ +78.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Andrews Farm, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are society and culture at 19.1%, followed by management and commerce at 17.0% and engineering at 14.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than most elsewhere, with an average size of 564 students. While there are 15 schools within 3km, the area has some of the lowest number of schools per 1,000 children.
0.40
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
15
Higher than 86% 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).
564
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Andrews Farm
15 schools — 8,456 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 4 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 6 · Combined 5 · Secondary 4
| St Columba College, Andrews Farm | Catholic | Combined | 0.7 km | 1,519 | 973 |
| John Hartley School B-6, Smithfield Plains | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 685 | 903 |
| Compass Catholic Community, Davoren Park | Catholic | Secondary | 1.8 km | 139 | 916 |
| Mark Oliphant College (B-12), Munno Para West | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 1,685 | 919 |
| Swallowcliffe School P-6, Davoren Park | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 423 | 917 |
| Adelaide North Special School, Munno Para West | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 178 | 964 |
| Elizabeth North Primary School, Elizabeth North | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 514 | 907 |
| Angle Vale Primary School, Angle Vale | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 383 | 963 |
| Munno Para Primary School, Munno Para | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 305 | 929 |
| St Patrick's Technical College, Edinburgh North | Catholic | Secondary | 4.0 km | 260 | 998 |
| Playford College, Elizabeth | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 670 | 940 |
| Trinity College Gawler River, Angle Vale | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 970 | 1,032 |
| Taparra Primary School, Elizabeth Downs | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 131 | 926 |
| Edmund Rice Flexi School, Elizabeth | Catholic | Secondary | 4.4 km | 163 | 908 |
| Northern Adelaide Senior College, Elizabeth | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 431 | 978 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Andrews Farm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40026/andrews-farm/topic/education