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Bedford Park SA 5042

1,002 addresses · 34 streets

Boothby Electorate › Mitcham LGA › Bedford Park · 11 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Bedford Park is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,882 people, with a median age of 28. The typical household earns around $1,448 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 47% of households own their home and 52% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Chinese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $987,500.

1,882Population
28Median age
$1,448Median household income / wk
$290Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bellevue Heights statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bedford Park itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Flinders, 250 m north · Bus interchange: Flinders University Interchange, 500 m south-east · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 9.4 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs8/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Median Sale Prices

$987,500House · 2026 1Q

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Metropolitan Median House Sales, Valuer-General South Australia.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 30.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Bedford Park

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Bedford Park SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202030.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202138.5%

Demographics

Unemployment 10.5% · Labour-force participation 54.5%

Population by age in Bedford Park
Population by age, Bedford Park SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-451
5-1489
15-19207
20-24403
25-34444
35-44211
45-54134
55-64128
65-74103
75-8487
85+39
Dwelling types in Bedford Park
Dwelling types, Bedford Park SA (ABS Census 2021)
House335
Townhouse80
Apartment68
Other0
Households by weekly income in Bedford Park
Households by weekly income, Bedford Park SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65087
$650-1,499149
$1,500-2,999152
$3,000+61
Top ancestries in Bedford Park
Top ancestries, Bedford Park SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian424
English423
Other404
Chinese238
Ancestry NS174
Scottish105
Housing tenure in Bedford Park
Housing tenure, Bedford Park SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned132
Mortgage95
Rented251
Other7
Cars per household in Bedford Park
Cars per household, Bedford Park SA (ABS Census 2021)
057
1202
2145
338
4+43
Commute to work in Bedford Park
Commute to work, Bedford Park SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car442
Train9
Bus64
Tram/ferry0
Walked58
Bicycle0
Home58
Top countries of birth in Bedford Park
Top countries of birth, Bedford Park SA (ABS Census 2021)
China114
India89
Vietnam58
Singapore51
Sri Lanka48
Nepal38
Languages used at home in Bedford Park
Languages used at home, Bedford Park SA (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin165
Vietnamese63
Sinhalese36
Nepali32
Malayalam32
Greek30

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

36,352 bird observations recorded near Bedford Park — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Bedford Park

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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