48.2% ▲ +34.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Christies Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Christies Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 11 percentage points separates Christies Beach from the national average for Year 12 completion. This reflects a broader trend in the area, where educational attainment is well below state and national figures. The typical resident is more likely to hold a trade certificate than a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents—48.2%—have finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. About 18.7% of people stopped their schooling at Year 11, and another 18.3% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Christies Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 11 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in other parts of the state, with only 15% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common top qualification, held by 38.6% of adults.
15.0% ▲ +74.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Christies Beach, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are society and culture at 15.9%, followed by management and commerce at 14.7%. Engineering and health are also frequent areas of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 13 schools within 3km, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is lower than most areas. Most of these are government primary schools, which make up 61.5% of the sector and 76.9% of the school types.
2.09
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
391
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Christies Beach
13 schools — 5,086 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 3
| Christies Beach Primary School, Christies Beach | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 194 | 889 |
| St John The Apostle Parish School, Christies Beach | Catholic | Primary | 0.5 km | 334 | 1,021 |
| O'Sullivan Beach Primary School, O'Sullivan Beach | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 84 | 926 |
| Southern Montessori School, O'Sullivan Beach | Independent | Primary | 1.0 km | 230 | 1,095 |
| Port Noarlunga Primary School, Port Noarlunga | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 370 | 999 |
| FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement, Christie Downs | Catholic | Secondary | 1.2 km | 137 | 952 |
| Christie Downs Primary School, Christie Downs | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 205 | 925 |
| Christies Beach High School, Christie Downs | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 789 | 905 |
| Cardijn College - Marian Campus, Noarlunga Downs | Catholic | Secondary | 2.3 km | 2,247 | 1,019 |
| Lonsdale Heights Primary School, Christie Downs | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 71 | 949 |
| Noarlunga Downs Primary School, Noarlunga Downs | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 124 | 937 |
| Calvary Lutheran Primary School, Morphett Vale | Independent | Primary | 3.1 km | 191 | 971 |
| Hackham West School, Hackham West | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 110 | 867 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Christies Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40257/christies-beach/topic/education