16
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).
Parkes · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Parkes
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Government schools make up the largest share of the 16 schools serving Parkes. This area provides an exceptionally high level of educational access, with more schools within 3km than about 87% of similar places.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The 16 local schools are larger than most, with an average size of 659 students. These schools also have an average advantage score of 1,143, which is among the highest at this level.
659
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,143
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Parkes
16 schools — 10,548 students, average ICSEA 1,143.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 4 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 6 · Combined 2
| Campbell Primary School, Campbell | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 267 | 1,136 |
| St Thomas More's Primary School, Campbell | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 179 | 1,145 |
| Telopea Park School, Barton | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 1,586 | 1,153 |
| Campbell High School, Campbell | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 420 | 1,120 |
| Forrest Primary School, Forrest | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 479 | 1,145 |
| Ainslie School, Braddon | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 351 | 1,130 |
| Canberra Girls Grammar School, Deakin | Independent | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,203 | 1,177 |
| St Edmund's College Canberra, Griffith | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 935 | 1,080 |
| Merici College, Braddon | Catholic | Secondary | 3.2 km | 992 | 1,138 |
| Yarralumla Primary School, Yarralumla | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 313 | 1,142 |
| St Clare's College, Griffith | Catholic | Secondary | 3.3 km | 887 | 1,087 |
| Turner School, Turner | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 318 | 1,141 |
| Canberra Grammar School, Red Hill | Independent | Secondary | 3.8 km | 2,116 | 1,187 |
| Black Mountain School, O'Connor | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 108 | 1,030 |
| O'Connor Cooperative School, O'Connor | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 60 | 1,141 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, O'Connor | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 334 | 1,130 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80108/parkes/topic/education