---
title: Government primary school zones, South Australia
resource: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/
publisher: Department for Education
licence: CC BY 4.0
licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
version: 2024-09-25
rows: 84
fields: 3
source: https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/4ec9b847-da5d-4ac6-82aa-5d653c17e19e/resource/3aca3689-0967-4239-8e03-4b0359fbbf95/download/primaryschoolzones2025ey.zip
source_sha256: e4d31845c3822975458ff7d13422cd5911e5352df15aacc77d1664d42449eade
language: en-AU
operator: National Digital
not_endorsed: true
---

# Government primary school zones, South Australia

The zones of South Australian government primary schools that take their core intake from a zone, one shape per school, for the newest enrolment year.

Published by Department for Education under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department for Education has not endorsed this site.

Also called: School Zones for South Australian Government Primary Schools, Adelaide primary school zones, SA primary school catchment areas.

## Download

Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/v/2024-09-25/`:

- csv: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/latest/data.csv (3.3 KB)
- xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/latest/data.xlsx (10.0 KB)
- json: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/latest/data.json (8.7 KB)
- geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/latest/data.geojson (785 KB)
- parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/latest/data.parquet (215 KB)
- sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/latest/data.sqlite (29 KB)
- duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB)
- gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/latest/data.gpkg (541 KB)
- pmtiles: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/latest/data.pmtiles (52 KB)
- ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/latest/data.ndjson (8.4 KB)
- arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/latest/data.arrow (6.1 KB)
- csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/latest/data.csv.gz (1.1 KB)

Pinned version 2024-09-25: `https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/v/2024-09-25/data.<format>`. Dated versions never change.

## Query

The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-primary-school-zones/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-primary-school-zones/aggregate.

- Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-primary-school-zones/rows?limit=5
- Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-primary-school-zones/aggregate?group=school_type&metric=count

Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`.

- `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent.
- `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent.
- `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent.
- `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you.
- `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated.
- `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent.
- `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers.

Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions/<date>/` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets/<slug>/versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/openapi.json

## Explore

Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded.

## Fields

| field | type | publisher's header | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `school` | string | school |  |
| `site_number` | integer | org_num |  |
| `school_type` | string | type |  |

Key: `site_number`.

## Versions

- 2024-09-25: 84 rows, 3 fields, sha256 e4d31845c382. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/v/2024-09-25/

Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/history.tar.zst

## Part of Government school zones, South Australia

- [Government high school zones, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-high-school-zones/)

## Same subject, other publishers

- [Primary school intake zones, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-school-intake-zones-primary/) (NSW)
- [High school intake zones, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-school-intake-zones-secondary/) (NSW)
- [Future school intake zones, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-school-intake-zones-future/) (NSW)
- [State school catchment areas, primary, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-catchments-primary/) (Qld)
- [Government primary school zones for 2027, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-zones-primary-2027/) (Vic)
- [NSW government schools, locations and enrolments](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-public-schools/) (NSW)
- [Average class sizes in government primary schools by year, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-primary-class-sizes/) (NSW)
- [State school catchment areas, junior secondary, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-catchments-junior-secondary/) (Qld)
- [State school catchment areas, senior secondary, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-catchments-senior-secondary/) (Qld)
- [School locations, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/) (Vic)
- [Government secondary school zones for Year 7 in 2027, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-zones-year7-2027/) (Vic)
- [State school enrolments by school and year level, February census, Queensland 2015 to 2019](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-state-school-enrolments-february/) (Qld)

## Attribution and citation

Department for Education, Government of South Australia, School Zones for South Australian Government Primary Schools, https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/school-zones-for-south-australian-govt-primary-schools, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used.

Plain text: Department for Education, Government of South Australia, School Zones for South Australian Government Primary Schools, https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/school-zones-for-south-australian-govt-primary-schools, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/v/2024-09-25/

Harvard: Department for Education (2024) Government primary school zones, South Australia, version 2024-09-25 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/v/2024-09-25/

Markdown: Data: [Government school zones, South Australia](https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/school-zones-for-south-australian-govt-primary-schools), Department for Education, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/v/2024-09-25/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/).

## Questions

### How do I download Government primary school zones as a CSV file?

Open https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/v/2024-09-25/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, PMTiles, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.

### Can I open Government primary school zones in Excel?

Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/v/2024-09-25/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 84 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/v/2024-09-25/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.

### How often is Government primary school zones updated?

Education releases it yearly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.

### Can I use Government primary school zones commercially?

Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file.

### Is this the official source for Government primary school zones?

No. The publisher is Department for Education, and its page is https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/school-zones-for-south-australian-govt-primary-schools. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.zip with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared.

### What coordinate system does Government primary school zones use?

The publisher's layer is in GDA94 (EPSG:4283); the shapes are moved to GDA2020 (EPSG:7844). The GeoJSON file uses GDA2020 as well, which differs from the WGS84 GeoJSON expects by well under a metre.

### What is in each row?

The zone of one government primary school with a zone, with the school's name, its site number and its type. The shape is in the GeoParquet, GeoJSON, GeoPackage and PMTiles files.

### Does every school have a zone?

No. Only the schools that manage their enrolments with a zone have one. A school gives priority enrolment to children who live inside its zone.

### Which year do the zones apply to?

The zones for the newest enrolment year the publisher has released, the 2025 enrolment year at the first version. Each new year's layer becomes a version here.

## What this site did to the data

Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.zip`.

## Improve this dataset

This page is built from [register/sa-primary-school-zones.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/sa-primary-school-zones.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.