50.9% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Port Noarlunga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Port Noarlunga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees are more common in Port Noarlunga than in most similar areas. However, the local figures still sit well below the state and national averages for these achievements.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents have completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. This figure is 50.9%, though it remains well below the 54.6% seen across South Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Port Noarlunga, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 11 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 18.7% of adults, a rate higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.6% of residents.
18.7% ▲ +51.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 Port Noarlunga, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most often in society and culture (16.6%) or management and commerce (15.3%), followed by health at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 17 schools within 3km, which is more than 87% of similar areas, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than usual. Most of these are government primary schools.
2.06
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
17
Higher than 86% 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).
402
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Port Noarlunga
17 schools — 6,826 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 4 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 13 · Secondary 4
| Port Noarlunga Primary School, Port Noarlunga | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 370 | 999 |
| Noarlunga Downs Primary School, Noarlunga Downs | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 124 | 937 |
| Christies Beach Primary School, Christies Beach | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 194 | 889 |
| Cardijn College - Marian Campus, Noarlunga Downs | Catholic | Secondary | 2.0 km | 2,247 | 1,019 |
| FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement, Christie Downs | Catholic | Secondary | 2.1 km | 137 | 952 |
| Christies Beach High School, Christie Downs | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 789 | 905 |
| South Port Primary School, Port Noarlunga South | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 295 | 968 |
| St John The Apostle Parish School, Christies Beach | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 334 | 1,021 |
| Christie Downs Primary School, Christie Downs | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 205 | 925 |
| O'Sullivan Beach Primary School, O'Sullivan Beach | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 84 | 926 |
| Southern Montessori School, O'Sullivan Beach | Independent | Primary | 3.1 km | 230 | 1,095 |
| Calvary Lutheran Primary School, Morphett Vale | Independent | Primary | 3.5 km | 191 | 971 |
| Huntfield Heights School P-6, Huntfield Heights | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 80 | 898 |
| All Saints Catholic Primary School, Seaford | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 536 | 1,017 |
| Hackham West School, Hackham West | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 110 | 867 |
| Seaford Secondary College, Seaford | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 829 | 962 |
| Lonsdale Heights Primary School, Christie Downs | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 71 | 949 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Port Noarlunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41206/port-noarlunga/topic/education