Cherry Gardens SA 5157

Living Here

Cherry Gardens is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 633 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $2,016 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 96% of households own their home and 2% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Clarendon statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cherry Gardens itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Scott Creek Primary School
  • Craigburn Primary School
  • Coromandel Valley Primary School
• 2 Catholic churches

  • St Paul of the Cross
  • Our Lady of the Way
• 5 hospitals

  • Stirling District Hospital
  • Flinders Medical Centre
  • Repat Health Precinct
  • Glenside Health Services
  • Griffith Rehabilitation Hospital
• 3 golf clubs

  • Blackwood Golf Course
  • Flagstaff Hill Golf Club
  • The Vines of Reynella
• 1 plumber

  • Aquatek
• 1 place to stay

  • The Duck Inn

Getting around. Train station: Coromandel, 6.2 km north-west · Bus interchange: Blackwood Interchange, 6.2 km north-west · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 18.1 km north-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.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 40.5% 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 3.5% · Labour-force participation 65.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

65,469 bird observations recorded near Cherry Gardens — most often seen:

• South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (3,950)
• Little Raven (3,831)
• Black-winged Currawong (3,039)
• Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (3,015)
• South Australian Crescent Honeyeater (2,972)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (2,924)
• Australian Magpie (2,523)
• Southern Laughing Kookaburra (2,477)
• South Australian Striated Thornbill (2,443)
• Crimson Rosella (2,344)
• Common Bronzewing (2,301)
• Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (2,299)
• Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (2,178)

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 Cherry Gardens:

• Coromandel East (2.2 km)
• Ironbank (3.5 km)
• Scott Creek (3.7 km)
• Coromandel Valley (4.3 km)
• Dorset Vale (5.1 km)
• Chandlers Hill (5.1 km)
• Upper Sturt (5.2 km)
• Craigburn Farm (5.4 km)

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