Adelaide
South Australia · Adelaide City · Adelaide - Central and Hills
This profile uses the ABS Adelaide statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Adelaide is a locality in the Adelaide City area of South Australia. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Adelaide SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Adelaide SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.
Government schools in Adelaide
Free government schools your child may attend. Exact school zones aren’t mapped for SA yet, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.
A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) — not a ranking or a quality score.
Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Adelaide
- Secondary · Government · Years U, 7-12Enrolment1,821ICSEA1094
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment1,258ICSEA1103
- Combined · Catholic · Years R-12Enrolment1,091ICSEA1081
- Combined · Catholic · Years R-12Enrolment990ICSEA1074
- Combined · Independent · Years R-12Enrolment839ICSEA1170
- Combined · Catholic · Years R-12Enrolment659ICSEA1073
- Secondary · Independent · Years 10-12Enrolment523ICSEA1092
- Primary · Government · Years U, R-6Enrolment275ICSEA1107
- Secondary · Independent · Years 8-12Enrolment205ICSEA1026
- Primary · Government · Years R-6Enrolment162ICSEA1114
- Special · Independent · Years 11-12Enrolment129ICSEA1029
- Secondary · Independent · Years 11-12Enrolment91ICSEA1079
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All SA schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSSturt Street Community Child CareCentre-Based Care · 72 places · Adelaide
- Exceeding NQSGrey Ward Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 71 places · Adelaide
- Exceeding NQSLadybird Manor Montessori Early LearningCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Adelaide
- Exceeding NQSSturt Street Children's Centre for Early Childhood Development and ParentingCentre-Based Care · 42 places · Adelaide
- Meeting NQSCity West Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 110 places · Adelaide
- Meeting NQSChristian Brothers College OSHCCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Adelaide
- Meeting NQSChristian Brothers College Senior Campus OSHCCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Adelaide
- Meeting NQSStepping Stone RAH Childcare & Early Development CentreCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Adelaide
- Meeting NQSPulteney Grammar School Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 82 places · Adelaide
- Meeting NQSGuardian Childcare & Education GrangeCentre-Based Care · 80 places · Grange
- Meeting NQSChancery Lane Montessori Pre-School Pty LtdCentre-Based Care · 73 places · Adelaide
- Meeting NQSAdelaide Campus Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 73 places · University Of Adelaide
+ 9 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 14
- Supermarkets
- 14
- Parks
- 38
- Train stations
- 3
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Adelaide SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Where did the gain come from?
+812Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
Other SA2s in Adelaide City
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
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