71.7% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 65.8%
- 2021: 71.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Eden Hills · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Eden Hills
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 18 percentage points separates Eden Hills from the state average for university degrees. This is a highly educated area where 41% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far above the national figure of 26.3%. Most residents have completed their secondary schooling and hold high-level qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is very high here, with 71.7% of people finishing Year 12. This is far above the South Australian figure of 54.6% and well above the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Eden Hills, Year 12 is the majority at 74%; Year 11 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University education is common, with 33.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree and 15.2% having a postgraduate qualification. These figures are far above both the state and national levels.
41.0% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 41.0%
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 Eden Hills, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Postgraduate degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are society and culture at 17.4%, followed by health at 14.3% and management and commerce at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an advantage score of 1,085, which is much higher than most areas. There are 22 schools within 3km, and most are government primary schools.
5.62
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
22
Higher than 87% 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).
395
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,085
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Eden Hills
22 schools — 8,696 students, average ICSEA 1,085.
By sector: Government 16 · Independent 4 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 15 · Secondary 4 · Combined 3
| Eden Hills Primary School, Eden Hills | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 229 | 1,116 |
| Bellevue Heights Primary School, Bellevue Heights | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 177 | 1,090 |
| Blackwood High School, Eden Hills | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 1,211 | 1,059 |
| Blackwood Primary School, Eden Hills | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 363 | 1,095 |
| Australian Science and Mathematics School, Bedford Park | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 419 | 1,101 |
| Concordia College (St Peters Campus, Blackwood), Blackwood | Independent | Primary | 2.0 km | 88 | 1,119 |
| St Bernadette's School, St Marys | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 205 | 1,085 |
| Suneden Specialist School, Mitchell Park | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 72 | 1,065 |
| Springbank Secondary College, Pasadena | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 249 | 1,021 |
| Clapham Primary School, Clapham | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 243 | 1,098 |
| Flagstaff Hill Primary School, Flagstaff Hill | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 432 | 1,067 |
| Sunrise Christian School Marion, Marion | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 320 | 1,090 |
| Coromandel Valley Primary School, Coromandel Valley | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 483 | 1,097 |
| St Therese School, Colonel Light Gardens | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 172 | 1,087 |
| Belair Primary School, Belair | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 490 | 1,117 |
| Clovelly Park Primary School, Clovelly Park | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 222 | 1,038 |
| Colonel Light Gardens Primary School, Colonel Light Gardens | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 688 | 1,119 |
| Hamilton Secondary College, Mitchell Park | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 609 | 994 |
| Marion Primary School, Marion | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 149 | 1,032 |
| Hawthorndene Primary School, Hawthorndene | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 290 | 1,108 |
| Westminster School, Marion | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 1,401 | 1,139 |
| Darlington Primary School, Seacombe Gardens | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 184 | 964 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Eden Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40389/eden-hills/topic/education