62.8% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.0%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 62.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Highbury · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Highbury
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above the state and national figures, a high proportion of Highbury residents have completed secondary and tertiary study. This is a highly educated area where 62.8% of people finished Year 12, which is 8.2 percentage points higher than the South Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More people here finished high school than in most other areas, with 62.8% completing Year 12. This is well above the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Highbury, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 11 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a strong rate of university education, with 27.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the South Australian figure of 22.7%.
27.9% ▲ +43.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Highbury splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in management and commerce are the most common, held by 20.3% of qualified residents, followed by engineering and related fields at 16.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are larger and have a much higher advantage score than those in most other areas. There are 25 schools within 3km, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is among the lowest at this level.
0.80
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
25
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).
432
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,046
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Highbury
25 schools — 10,806 students, average ICSEA 1,046.
By sector: Government 19 · Catholic 4 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 16 · Combined 5 · Secondary 4
| Highbury Primary School, Hope Valley | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 499 | 1,054 |
| Torrens Valley Christian School, Hope Valley | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 565 | 1,085 |
| Modbury South Primary School, Hope Valley | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 179 | 1,011 |
| Modbury Special School, Hope Valley | Government | Combined | 1.6 km | 166 | 997 |
| Athelstone School, Athelstone | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 368 | 1,100 |
| Modbury High School, Modbury | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 926 | 1,005 |
| Ardtornish Primary School, St Agnes | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 462 | 1,044 |
| Saint Ignatius' College - Senior School Campus, Athelstone | Catholic | Combined | 2.6 km | 1,421 | 1,151 |
| Paradise Primary School, Paradise | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 141 | 1,022 |
| St Agnes School P - 6, St Agnes | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 251 | 1,039 |
| Dernancourt School, Dernancourt | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 326 | 1,046 |
| Kildare College, Holden Hill | Catholic | Secondary | 3.1 km | 768 | 1,051 |
| Modbury School P-6, Modbury North | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 172 | 1,026 |
| Modbury West School, Modbury | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 264 | 1,020 |
| Thorndon Park Primary School, Athelstone | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 266 | 1,069 |
| Adelaide East Education Centre, Campbelltown | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 49 | 1,056 |
| Charles Campbell College, Paradise | Government | Combined | 3.7 km | 1,188 | 1,018 |
| Sunrise Christian School Paradise, Paradise | Independent | Primary | 3.9 km | 175 | 1,096 |
| Tea Tree Gully Primary School, Tea Tree Gully | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 117 | 1,073 |
| Ridgehaven Primary School, Ridgehaven | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 222 | 983 |
| Wandana Primary School, Gilles Plains | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 181 | 962 |
| St Francis of Assisi School, Newton | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 246 | 1,049 |
| Avenues College, Windsor Gardens | Government | Combined | 4.5 km | 493 | 929 |
| Saint David's Parish School, Tea Tree Gully | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 306 | 1,063 |
| Banksia Park International High School, Banksia Park | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 1,055 | 1,009 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Highbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40587/highbury/topic/education