50.7% ▲ +33.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Parafield Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Parafield Gardens
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common highest achievement for adults in Parafield Gardens, held by 33.0% of the population. This reflects a community where many residents have practical or vocational skills, though overall school and degree completion rates sit well below state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents (50.7%) have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 58.8% national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Parafield Gardens, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 9 or below is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 16.4% of adults, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas but well below the South Australian average of 22.7%.
16.4% ▲ +122.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Parafield Gardens, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering (17.5%) and Management and Commerce (17.0%) being the most common areas of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 23 schools within 3 km, more than about 91% of similar places, though it has much fewer schools per 1,000 children than most areas. Most of these are government primary schools.
1.57
Lower than 80% 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).
577
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
961
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Parafield Gardens
23 schools — 13,271 students, average ICSEA 961.
By sector: Government 17 · Catholic 3 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 16 · Secondary 5 · Combined 2
| Parafield Gardens Primary School, Parafield Gardens | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 575 | 968 |
| Holy Family Catholic School, Parafield Gardens | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 539 | 1,000 |
| Garden College, Parafield Gardens | Independent | Combined | 0.4 km | 351 | 1,029 |
| Parafield Gardens High School, Parafield Gardens | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 1,277 | 928 |
| Karrendi Primary School, Parafield Gardens | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 259 | 955 |
| The Pines School, Parafield Gardens | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 671 | 967 |
| Salisbury Downs Primary School, Salisbury Downs | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 271 | 926 |
| Thomas More College, Salisbury Downs | Catholic | Secondary | 1.7 km | 1,132 | 973 |
| Riverdale Primary School, Salisbury Downs | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 241 | 937 |
| Bethany Christian School Incorporated, Paralowie | Independent | Primary | 2.5 km | 531 | 996 |
| Mawson Lakes School, Mawson Lakes | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 716 | 1,060 |
| Endeavour College, Mawson Lakes | Independent | Secondary | 3.3 km | 738 | 1,083 |
| Settlers Farm Campus R-6, Paralowie | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 597 | 951 |
| Paralowie School, Paralowie | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 1,373 | 909 |
| Brahma Lodge Primary School, Brahma Lodge | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 191 | 906 |
| Salisbury Primary School, Salisbury | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 360 | 913 |
| Para Hills High School, Para Hills West | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 670 | 948 |
| Salisbury North Primary School, Salisbury North | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 343 | 897 |
| Salisbury High School, Salisbury North | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,058 | 907 |
| Keller Road Primary School, Salisbury East | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 239 | 941 |
| St Augustine's Parish School, Salisbury | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 664 | 981 |
| Para Hills West Primary School, Para Hills West | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 287 | 981 |
| Madison Park School, Salisbury East | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 188 | 923 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Parafield Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41103/parafield-gardens/topic/education