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Mary MacKillop College - Kensington

Kensington, SA 5068

School Type Catholic Gender Girls Tuition Fees $4,500 - $9,200 Levels Secondary

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Websitewww.marymackillop.sa.edu.au/
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Mary MacKillop College's fees, read line by line

Mary MacKillop College is a Catholic girls' college in Kensington, in Adelaide's inner east, teaching Years 7 to 12 in the Josephite tradition of the Sisters of St Joseph. Its fees page says the college has cut its fees across every year level. This is the ladder the directory holds:

6 year levels publishedMary MacKillop College - Kensington — published local tuitionY7$4,500Y12$9,200

The fee climbs each year from Year 7 and then holds flat from Year 10 to Year 12, so the step to plan for comes in the middle years rather than at the end.

What the annual fee already covers

College fees in Adelaide are hard to compare because each school bundles different things into them. The college's fee schedule lists what is inside this one:

  • tuition, curriculum camps and retreats
  • textbook and eBook use, technology and library resources, and learning-area consumables
  • swimming and sports carnivals, academic competition entries and the yearbook
  • student accident insurance and ambulance cover

What sits outside it: school sport is billed per sport, each term; the building fund is a voluntary, tax-deductible donation; accepting a place carries a fee, part of which is credited to the first account; and leaving without a term's written notice attracts a withdrawal fee.

What can bring the total down

  • A low-income fee. Families under an income threshold pay one flat fee at every year level instead of the standard ladder.
  • An income-tested discount on a sliding scale, applied for each year. The fees FAQ says applications are due in early February.
  • Sibling discounts when sisters are enrolled at the college at the same time, larger from the third daughter on.
  • A discount for paying the year in full, or monthly and fortnightly direct-debit plans if you would rather spread it.

Where the Year 7 fee sits nearby

Every school within 5 km that publishes a Year 7 fee, with this college marked:

1 of 9 nearby schools that publish a feemedian of published fees $15,750, range $4,500–$30,190$4,500

Government schools are not on that line: the directory holds no tuition fee for them.

Weighing a fee against an address

Some families set a private fee against the cost of living inside a government school zone instead. These are official house medians for the suburbs within 2 km of the college:

SuburbHouse median
Beulah Park$1,617,500
College Park$3,300,000
Erindale$2,000,000
Evandale$1,232,500
Heathpool$1,880,000
Kensington$1,505,000
Kensington Gardens$2,351,500
Kensington Park$2,010,000
Leabrook$3,600,000
Marryatville$1,100,000
Maylands$1,600,000
Norwood$1,725,000

Median settled sale prices to 2025-Q4 · Source: Metro Median House Sales © Government of South Australia, CC BY · source

The catchment checker shows which government school zones cover an address.

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Compare with nearby schools

The closest schools to Mary MacKillop College - Kensington, side by side. Fees appear where a school publishes them; activities and events are what is listed on AroundSchools within a short drive of each school.

SchoolDistanceSectorGenderYearsStudentsFees / yrKids' activities within 2 kmEvents within 3 km
Mary MacKillop College - KensingtonThis school Here Catholic Girls Secondary 407 $4,500 – $9,200 51 0
St Joseph's Memorial School 200 m Catholic Co-ed Primary · Secondary 241 — 54 0
Marryatville High School 500 m Government Co-ed Secondary 1,405 — 65 0
Loreto College - Marryatville 600 m Catholic Girls Primary · Secondary 502 — 61 0
Marryatville Primary School 700 m Government Co-ed Primary · Secondary 607 — 61 0
Pembroke School 800 m Independent Co-ed Primary · Secondary 1,647 $18,411 – $24,441 48 0
Norwood Primary School 900 m Government Co-ed Primary · Secondary 427 — 55 0

Sorted by distance, not ranked.

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of school is Mary MacKillop College - Kensington?

Mary MacKillop College - Kensington is a Catholic, Girls school in Kensington, SA, offering Secondary year levels.

Is Mary MacKillop College - Kensington a public or private school?

Mary MacKillop College - Kensington is a Catholic school — a non-government (private) school run within the Catholic education system. Tuition fees apply, though they are usually lower than at independent private schools.

How much are the fees at Mary MacKillop College - Kensington?

Fees for local students at Mary MacKillop College - Kensington are approximately $4,500 – $9,200 per year, depending on year level.

How many students attend Mary MacKillop College - Kensington?

Mary MacKillop College - Kensington has approximately 407 enrolled students.

Where is Mary MacKillop College - Kensington located?

Mary MacKillop College - Kensington is located at 10 High Street, Kensington SA 5068 Australia, Kensington, SA, 5068.

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How Mary MacKillop College - Kensington's fees compare

At $4,500 for Year 7, Mary MacKillop College - Kensington is one of the more affordable Catholic schools in South Australia — $1,145 below the state median of $5,645, and cheaper than 71% of the 15 that publish fees.

Fee by year level, against the peer medianThis schoolPeer median$2,000$4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$4,500Y1Y2Y3Y4Y5Y6Y7Y8Y9Y10Y11Y12

Based on published day-tuition fees, excluding levies, uniforms, devices and trips. Compared with schools of the same type in the same state.

See how Mary MacKillop College - Kensington's fees compare — median school fees in SA by year level, across government, Catholic and independent schools.

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