47.2% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Noarlunga Downs · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Noarlunga Downs
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Noarlunga Downs, held by 42.6% of adults. This is a place where fewer people have finished high school or earned university degrees compared to the state and national figures. Overall, education levels here sit around the middle for similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people have finished Year 12 here than in the rest of the state, with 47.2% completing it. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Noarlunga Downs, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 11 (21%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common in Noarlunga Downs, where 13.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the South Australian figure of 22.7%.
13.3% ▲ +61.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Noarlunga Downs, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 17%, followed closely by society and culture at 16.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 23 schools within 3km, which is more than 91% of similar areas. However, these schools have a lower average advantage score than most, and most are government primary schools.
2.69
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
23
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).
400
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
974
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Noarlunga Downs
23 schools — 9,209 students, average ICSEA 974.
By sector: Government 17 · Catholic 4 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 18 · Secondary 5
| Noarlunga Downs Primary School, Noarlunga Downs | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 124 | 937 |
| Cardijn College - Marian Campus, Noarlunga Downs | Catholic | Secondary | 1.5 km | 2,247 | 1,019 |
| Huntfield Heights School P-6, Huntfield Heights | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 80 | 898 |
| Christies Beach High School, Christie Downs | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 789 | 905 |
| Hackham West School, Hackham West | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 110 | 867 |
| FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement, Christie Downs | Catholic | Secondary | 2.5 km | 137 | 952 |
| Old Noarlunga Primary School, Old Noarlunga | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 155 | 999 |
| Calvary Lutheran Primary School, Morphett Vale | Independent | Primary | 2.8 km | 191 | 971 |
| Port Noarlunga Primary School, Port Noarlunga | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 370 | 999 |
| Christies Beach Primary School, Christies Beach | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 194 | 889 |
| Christie Downs Primary School, Christie Downs | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 205 | 925 |
| South Port Primary School, Port Noarlunga South | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 295 | 968 |
| All Saints Catholic Primary School, Seaford | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 536 | 1,017 |
| Seaford Secondary College, Seaford | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 829 | 962 |
| St John The Apostle Parish School, Christies Beach | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 334 | 1,021 |
| Lonsdale Heights Primary School, Christie Downs | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 71 | 949 |
| Hackham East Primary School, Hackham | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 217 | 948 |
| Flaxmill School P-6, Morphett Vale | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 358 | 950 |
| O'Sullivan Beach Primary School, O'Sullivan Beach | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 84 | 926 |
| Southern Montessori School, O'Sullivan Beach | Independent | Primary | 4.1 km | 230 | 1,095 |
| Moana Primary School, Seaford | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 369 | 1,018 |
| Seaford Rise Primary School, Seaford Rise | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 369 | 977 |
| Wirreanda Secondary School, Morphett Vale | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 915 | 913 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Noarlunga Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41035/noarlunga-downs/topic/education