51.1% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Para Hills · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Para Hills
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 11 percentage points separates Para Hills from the national figure for adults with a bachelor degree or higher. While local schooling rates are higher than in many similar areas, the community generally trails behind state and national trends in both high school completion and higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents have finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. About 18% of the population stopped after Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Para Hills, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 11 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 15.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.4% of residents.
15.2% ▲ +63.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Para Hills, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with management and commerce at 18.2% and engineering at 18%. Society and culture and health follow at 14.1% and 10.1% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Para Hills has 28 schools within 3km, though there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most areas. The local schools are typically larger than average, with government primary schools making up the bulk of the sector.
1.50
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
28
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).
563
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,026
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Para Hills
28 schools — 15,752 students, average ICSEA 1,026.
By sector: Government 20 · Independent 7 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 19 · Combined 5 · Secondary 4
| Para Hills School, Para Hills | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 269 | 978 |
| Para Hills West Primary School, Para Hills West | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 287 | 981 |
| Para Hills High School, Para Hills West | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 670 | 948 |
| North Ingle School, Ingle Farm | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 180 | 998 |
| East Para Primary School, Para Hills | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 194 | 994 |
| Keller Road Primary School, Salisbury East | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 239 | 941 |
| Ingle Farm Primary School, Ingle Farm | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 454 | 967 |
| Keithcot Farm Primary School, Wynn Vale | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 330 | 1,020 |
| King's Baptist Grammar School - Wynn Vale Campus, Wynn Vale | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 1,280 | 1,090 |
| Gulfview Heights Primary School, Gulfview Heights | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 384 | 993 |
| Para Vista Primary School, Para Vista | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 206 | 950 |
| Good Shepherd Lutheran School - Para Vista, Para Vista | Independent | Primary | 2.5 km | 440 | 1,089 |
| The Heights School, Modbury Heights | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 1,811 | 1,060 |
| Ingle Farm East Primary School, Ingle Farm | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 268 | 981 |
| Valley View Secondary School, Para Vista | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 596 | 963 |
| Prescott Primary School, Northern, Para Vista | Independent | Primary | 2.9 km | 462 | 1,083 |
| Madison Park School, Salisbury East | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 188 | 923 |
| Endeavour College, Mawson Lakes | Independent | Secondary | 3.0 km | 738 | 1,083 |
| Golden Grove Lutheran Primary School, Wynn Vale | Independent | Primary | 3.2 km | 205 | 1,051 |
| Wynn Vale School, Wynn Vale | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 365 | 1,032 |
| Modbury West School, Modbury | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 264 | 1,020 |
| Mawson Lakes School, Mawson Lakes | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 716 | 1,060 |
| Brahma Lodge Primary School, Brahma Lodge | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 191 | 906 |
| Pedare Christian College, Golden Grove | Independent | Combined | 3.9 km | 1,146 | 1,097 |
| Modbury School P-6, Modbury North | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 172 | 1,026 |
| Salisbury East High School, Salisbury East | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 1,008 | 941 |
| St Paul's College, Gilles Plains | Catholic | Combined | 4.2 km | 1,191 | 1,037 |
| Tyndale Christian School, Salisbury East | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 1,498 | 1,016 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Para Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41096/para-hills/topic/education