Clarendon SA 5157
339 addresses · 29 streets
Mayo Electorate › Onkaparinga LGA › Clarendon · 20 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Clarendon is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 643 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $2,065 a week, with median rent near $255 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $880,000.
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: Clarendon itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 library
1 bakery
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Coromandel, 9.6 km north · Bus interchange: Bus interchange, 4.8 km north-west · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 20.6 km north-west.
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: 33.4% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 33.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 47.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 69.6%
Population by age in Clarendon
| 0-4 | 20 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 80 |
| 15-19 | 35 |
| 20-24 | 33 |
| 25-34 | 41 |
| 35-44 | 69 |
| 45-54 | 107 |
| 55-64 | 123 |
| 65-74 | 72 |
| 75-84 | 42 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Clarendon
| House | 233 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Clarendon
| <$650 | 28 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 59 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 62 |
| $3,000+ | 76 |
Top ancestries in Clarendon
| English | 330 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 271 |
| Scottish | 59 |
| German | 47 |
| Irish | 45 |
| Other | 40 |
Housing tenure in Clarendon
| Owned | 109 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 101 |
| Rented | 21 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Clarendon
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 49 |
| 2 | 100 |
| 3 | 41 |
| 4+ | 50 |
Commute to work in Clarendon
| Car | 233 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 56 |
Top countries of birth in Clarendon
| England | 53 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 14 |
| France | 5 |
| Germany | 3 |
| India | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
Languages used at home in Clarendon
| Vietnamese | 5 |
|---|---|
| Polish | 4 |
| German | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
20,748 bird observations recorded near Clarendon — most often seen:
- Little Raven (1,556)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,379)
- Australian Magpie (1,306)
- Red Wattlebird (1,098)
- Crimson Rosella (1,004)
- New Holland Honeyeater (975)
- Galah (956)
- Noisy Miner (941)
- Striated Pardalote (717)
- Crested Pigeon (709)
- Superb Fairy-wren (682)
- Grey Currawong (674)
- Silvereye (642)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Clarendon
- Eurasian Blackbird (626)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (619)
- Grey Fantail (614)
- Eastern Rosella (602)
- Magpie-lark (541)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (535)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (506)
- Western Striated Pardalote (502)
- Laughing Kookaburra (450)
- Eastern Spinebill (438)
- Common Bronzewing (433)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (431)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (402)
- Black-winged Currawong (371)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (359)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (353)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (327)
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 Clarendon:
- Chandlers Hill (3 km)
- Dorset Vale (4.7 km)
- Aberfoyle Park (5 km)
- Happy Valley (5.2 km)
- Kangarilla (5.5 km)
- Woodcroft (6.2 km)
- Cherry Gardens (6.2 km)
- Blewitt Springs (6.8 km)
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Streets
- Angel Gully Road (23)
- Appletree Lane (6)
- Bakers Gully Road (7)
- Brooks Road (20)
- Chalk Hill Road (7)
- Chapel Hill Road (4)
- Clarendon Road (10)
- Easton Road (1)
- Formby Road (2)
- Frith Road (1)
- Gosse Road (14)
- Grants Gully Road (88)
- Harper Road (9)
- Hollitt Road (5)
- Kangarilla Road (6)
- Lafferty Road (1)
- Lovick Road (10)
- Luke Street (3)
- Miller Street (31)
- Morphett Hill Road (2)
- Nicolle Road (10)
- Piggott Range Road (8)
- Potter Road (27)
- Quigley Road (4)
- Scenic Road (1)
- St Ninians Road (12)
- Tebbutt Road (4)
- Thorley Road (1)
- Turners Gully Road (22)
