36.5% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elizabeth · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Elizabeth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Elizabeth have remained lower than state and national figures, with only 36.5% of residents completing Year 12. This gap is a defining feature of the area, as the proportion of adults with a university degree is far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Many residents left school earlier, with 17.2% finishing at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Elizabeth, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is much less common here than in most areas; just 7.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37% of people.
7.1% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Elizabeth, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are society and culture at 15.4% and management and commerce at 15.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 22 schools within 3km, which is more than 90% of similar areas. While these schools are larger than most, their average advantage score is much lower than in other areas.
30.93
Higher than 95% 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).
404
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
931
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Elizabeth
22 schools — 8,894 students, average ICSEA 931.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 5 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 6 · Combined 4
| Indie School Elizabeth Campus, Elizabeth | Independent | Secondary | 0.3 km | 322 | 946 |
| Playford International College, Elizabeth | Government | Secondary | 0.5 km | 1,322 | 881 |
| Northern Adelaide Senior College, Elizabeth | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 431 | 978 |
| Edmund Rice Flexi School, Elizabeth | Catholic | Secondary | 0.8 km | 163 | 908 |
| Kaurna Plains School, Elizabeth | Government | Combined | 0.8 km | 162 | 699 |
| Pinnacle College - Elizabeth East Campus, Elizabeth East | Independent | Combined | 0.9 km | 993 | 1,049 |
| Elizabeth East Primary School, Elizabeth East | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 200 | 875 |
| St Patrick's Technical College, Edinburgh North | Catholic | Secondary | 1.1 km | 260 | 998 |
| Playford College, Elizabeth | Independent | Combined | 1.1 km | 670 | 940 |
| St Thomas More School, Elizabeth Park | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 267 | 927 |
| Elizabeth Grove Primary School, Elizabeth Grove | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 249 | 902 |
| Elizabeth South Primary School, Elizabeth South | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 144 | 860 |
| St Mary Magdalene's School, Elizabeth Grove | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 185 | 958 |
| Elizabeth Park Primary School, Elizabeth Park | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 312 | 862 |
| Elizabeth North Primary School, Elizabeth North | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 514 | 907 |
| Taparra Primary School, Elizabeth Downs | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 131 | 926 |
| Swallowcliffe School P-6, Davoren Park | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 423 | 917 |
| Elizabeth Vale Primary School, Elizabeth Vale | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 441 | 889 |
| Elizabeth Downs Primary School, Elizabeth Downs | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 420 | 904 |
| Craigmore South Primary School, Craigmore | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 225 | 922 |
| Hope Christian College, Craigmore | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 921 | 977 |
| Compass Catholic Community, Davoren Park | Catholic | Secondary | 3.8 km | 139 | 916 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elizabeth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40397/elizabeth/topic/education