50.7% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hillbank · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hillbank
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher rates of Year 12 completion than most similar areas mark Hillbank as a place where people value schooling. Despite this, the typical level of qualification remains well below both the state and national figures, with only 13% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents have completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this 50.7% figure is still well below the South Australian average of 54.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hillbank, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 11 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, with 45.7% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the 13% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
13.0% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
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 Hillbank, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are management and commerce at 19.4%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 19.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Hillbank has 27 schools within 3km, which is among the largest number for its level. These schools are larger than most in similar areas, though they have a much lower average advantage score.
27
Higher than 88% 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).
516
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
949
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hillbank
27 schools — 13,940 students, average ICSEA 949.
By sector: Government 16 · Independent 6 · Catholic 5
By type: Primary 14 · Secondary 7 · Combined 6
| Elizabeth East Primary School, Elizabeth East | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 200 | 875 |
| Elizabeth Grove Primary School, Elizabeth Grove | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 249 | 902 |
| Pinnacle College - Elizabeth East Campus, Elizabeth East | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 993 | 1,049 |
| St Mary Magdalene's School, Elizabeth Grove | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 185 | 958 |
| Elizabeth Vale Primary School, Elizabeth Vale | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 441 | 889 |
| St Thomas More School, Elizabeth Park | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 267 | 927 |
| Indie School Elizabeth Campus, Elizabeth | Independent | Secondary | 2.5 km | 322 | 946 |
| Elizabeth Park Primary School, Elizabeth Park | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 312 | 862 |
| Playford International College, Elizabeth | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 1,322 | 881 |
| Kaurna Plains School, Elizabeth | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 162 | 699 |
| Elizabeth South Primary School, Elizabeth South | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 144 | 860 |
| Salisbury Heights Primary School, Salisbury Heights | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 338 | 974 |
| Northern Adelaide Senior College, Elizabeth | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 431 | 978 |
| Edmund Rice Flexi School, Elizabeth | Catholic | Secondary | 3.0 km | 163 | 908 |
| Playford College, Elizabeth | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 670 | 940 |
| Craigmore South Primary School, Craigmore | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 225 | 922 |
| Taparra Primary School, Elizabeth Downs | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 131 | 926 |
| Salisbury Park Primary School, Salisbury Park | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 220 | 960 |
| Hope Christian College, Craigmore | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 921 | 977 |
| St Patrick's Technical College, Edinburgh North | Catholic | Secondary | 3.6 km | 260 | 998 |
| Elizabeth North Primary School, Elizabeth North | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 514 | 907 |
| Elizabeth Downs Primary School, Elizabeth Downs | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 420 | 904 |
| Tyndale Christian School, Salisbury East | Independent | Combined | 4.7 km | 1,498 | 1,016 |
| St Augustine's Parish School, Salisbury | Catholic | Primary | 4.8 km | 664 | 981 |
| Salisbury East High School, Salisbury East | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 1,008 | 941 |
| Craigmore High School, Blakeview | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 1,245 | 916 |
| Trinity College Blakeview, Blakeview | Independent | Combined | 5.2 km | 635 | 1,037 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hillbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40591/hillbank/topic/education