Blackwood
South Australia · Mitcham · Adelaide - South
This profile uses the ABS Blackwood statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Blackwood is a locality in the Mitcham area of South Australia. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Blackwood SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Blackwood SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.
Government schools in Blackwood
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 Blackwood
- Primary · Government · Years R-6Enrolment290ICSEA1108
- Primary · Independent · Years R-6Enrolment88ICSEA1119
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All SA schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSHawthorndene KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Hawthorndene
- Meeting NQSPrecious Cargo BlackwoodCentre-Based Care · 100 places · Blackwood
- Meeting NQSHawthorndene Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 100 places · Hawthorndene
- Meeting NQSGoodstart Early Learning BlackwoodCentre-Based Care · 75 places · Blackwood
- Meeting NQSConcordia College OSHC St Peters CampusCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Blackwood
- Meeting NQSBlackwood KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Blackwood
- Meeting NQSConcordia College Early Learning Centre St Peters CampusCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Blackwood
- Meeting NQSCoromandel Valley KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Coromandel Valley
- Working Towards NQSGuardian Childcare & Education Coromandel ValleyCentre-Based Care · 132 places · Coromandel Valley
- Working Towards NQSCoromandel Valley Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 95 places · Coromandel Valley
- Working Towards NQSBlackwood Community Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 53 places · Blackwood
- Not yet ratedKids Individual Daycare Solutions Pty LtdFamily Day Care · Hawthorndene
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 1
- Supermarkets
- 4
- Parks
- 23
- Train stations
- 4
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Blackwood SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Where did the gain come from?
+140Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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