Birdwood SA 5234

Living Here

Birdwood is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,376 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,754 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $777,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Adelaide Hills statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Birdwood itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Birdwood Primary School
  • Birdwood High School
• 1 supermarket

  • Foodland
• 2 hospitals

  • Gumeracha District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital
  • Mount Pleasant Hospital
• 1 post office

  • Birdwood Local Post Office
• 1 golf club

  • Kenton Valley Golf Course
• 1 bakery

  • The Old Lovell's Bakehouse

Getting around. Airport: Adelaide Airport, 41.7 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

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

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

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 12.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

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

Demographics

Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 65.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,703 bird observations recorded near Birdwood — most often seen:

• Crimson Rosella (122)
• Australian Magpie (96)
• South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (94)
• Western Striated Pardalote (92)
• Mount Lofty Ranges Yellow-faced Honeyeater (88)
• Little Raven (84)
• Grey Fantail (81)
• South Australian Crescent Honeyeater (76)
• South Australian Buff-rumped Thornbill (73)
• South Australian Striated Thornbill (73)
• Galah (65)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (58)
• Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (54)

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

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Birdwood:

• Forreston (5.9 km)
• Mount Torrens (6.2 km)
• Cromer (6.2 km)
• Gumeracha (7.1 km)
• Kenton Valley (7.8 km)
• Tungkillo (9.4 km)
• Mount Pleasant (9.4 km)
• Kersbrook (10.9 km)

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