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Blair Athol SA 5084

3,089 addresses · 80 streets

Adelaide Electorate › Port Adelaide Enfield LGA › Blair Athol · 8 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Blair Athol is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 5,274 people, with a median age of 32. The typical household earns around $1,459 a week, with median rent near $321 a week. Most homes are houses. About 53% of households own their home and 46% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Indian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $970,000.

5,274Population
32Median age
$1,459Median household income / wk
$321Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Enfield - Blair Athol statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Blair Athol itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Kilburn, 1.7 km west · Bus interchange: Klemzig Interchange, 5 km south-east · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 10.9 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs4/10

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

$970,000House · 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: 7.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Blair Athol

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

Tree cover measures, Blair Athol SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20207.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20211.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 9.3% · Labour-force participation 59.2%

Population by age in Blair Athol
Population by age, Blair Athol SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-4355
5-14599
15-19300
20-24475
25-341,140
35-44753
45-54582
55-64522
65-74329
75-84140
85+84
Dwelling types in Blair Athol
Dwelling types, Blair Athol SA (ABS Census 2021)
House1,401
Townhouse253
Apartment97
Other7
Households by weekly income in Blair Athol
Households by weekly income, Blair Athol SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650338
$650-1,499505
$1,500-2,999552
$3,000+246
Top ancestries in Blair Athol
Top ancestries, Blair Athol SA (ABS Census 2021)
Other1,894
English919
Australian895
Indian415
Ancestry NS330
Vietnamese277
Housing tenure in Blair Athol
Housing tenure, Blair Athol SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned377
Mortgage537
Rented796
Other23
Cars per household in Blair Athol
Cars per household, Blair Athol SA (ABS Census 2021)
0176
1624
2605
3188
4+140
Commute to work in Blair Athol
Commute to work, Blair Athol SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,655
Train0
Bus130
Tram/ferry0
Walked28
Bicycle13
Home172
Top countries of birth in Blair Athol
Top countries of birth, Blair Athol SA (ABS Census 2021)
Afghanistan672
India503
Vietnam198
Pakistan176
Iran80
Philippines77
Languages used at home in Blair Athol
Languages used at home, Blair Athol SA (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnamese282
Punjabi177
Gujarati167
Persian111
Hindi103
Greek99

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

54,472 bird observations recorded near Blair Athol — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Blair Athol

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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Image — Sardaka 08:38, 4 March 2008 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).