Glenunga SA 5064
1,137 addresses · 25 streets
Sturt Electorate › Burnside LGA › Glenunga · 4 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
Glenunga is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 2,184 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,918 a week, with median rent near $380 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Chinese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $2,447,500.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Glenside - Beaumont statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Glenunga itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
52 schools
- Glenunga International High School
- Linden Park Primary School
- Conyngham Street Child Care Centre
- Seymour College
- Sunrise Christian Primary School
- Parkside Primary School
- Highgate Primary School
- School of Agriculture Food & Wine building
- Rose Park Primary School
- Urrbrae Agricultural High School & TAFE SA Campus
3 childcare & kindergartens
2 dog parks
4 plumbers
Getting around. Train station: Mitcham, 4.1 km south-west · Tram stop: Greenhill Road (Stop 1), 3.7 km west · Bus interchange: Klemzig Interchange, 7.2 km north · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 9.8 km 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: 14.1% 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 | 14.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 32.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.5% · Labour-force participation 57.3%
Population by age in Glenunga
| 0-4 | 82 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 328 |
| 15-19 | 139 |
| 20-24 | 113 |
| 25-34 | 161 |
| 35-44 | 288 |
| 45-54 | 310 |
| 55-64 | 244 |
| 65-74 | 265 |
| 75-84 | 198 |
| 85+ | 62 |
Dwelling types in Glenunga
| House | 551 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 163 |
| Apartment | 111 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Glenunga
| <$650 | 112 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 194 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 222 |
| $3,000+ | 252 |
Top ancestries in Glenunga
| English | 635 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 460 |
| Chinese | 394 |
| Other | 312 |
| Scottish | 192 |
| Irish | 169 |
Housing tenure in Glenunga
| Owned | 360 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 253 |
| Rented | 185 |
| Other | 20 |
Cars per household in Glenunga
| 0 | 41 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 309 |
| 2 | 340 |
| 3 | 80 |
| 4+ | 47 |
Commute to work in Glenunga
| Car | 622 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 54 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 15 |
| Bicycle | 19 |
| Home | 137 |
Top countries of birth in Glenunga
| China | 208 |
|---|---|
| India | 117 |
| England | 90 |
| Malaysia | 47 |
| Sri Lanka | 38 |
| Vietnam | 26 |
Languages used at home in Glenunga
| Mandarin | 290 |
|---|---|
| Cantonese | 50 |
| Hindi | 41 |
| Sinhalese | 39 |
| Malayalam | 33 |
| Italian | 28 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
79,409 bird observations recorded near Glenunga — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6,252)
- Australian Magpie (5,803)
- Noisy Miner (5,384)
- Magpie-lark (3,929)
- Australian Wood Duck (3,908)
- Galah (3,827)
- Little Raven (3,647)
- Eastern Rosella (3,355)
- Rock Dove (3,018)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,757)
- Crimson Rosella (2,620)
- Crested Pigeon (2,553)
- Australian White Ibis (2,436)
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- Pacific Black Duck (2,364)
- Dusky Moorhen (2,203)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (2,148)
- New Holland Honeyeater (2,084)
- Welcome Swallow (2,069)
- Red Wattlebird (2,004)
- Australasian Grebe (1,926)
- Southern Magpie-lark (1,742)
- Eurasian Coot (1,682)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (1,598)
- Masked Lapwing (1,568)
- Striated Pardalote (1,540)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (1,474)
- Grey Teal (1,429)
- Little Corella (1,381)
- Long-billed Corella (1,360)
- Western Striated Pardalote (1,348)
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 Glenunga:
- St Georges (0.8 km)
- Frewville (0.8 km)
- Glenside (1 km)
- Linden Park (1.1 km)
- Myrtle Bank (1.2 km)
- Glen Osmond (1.2 km)
- Fullarton (1.2 km)
- Urrbrae (1.8 km)
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Streets
- Allinga Avenue (106)
- Ashmore Street (9)
- Bethune Avenue (23)
- Bevington Road (118)
- Brooker Street (30)
- Cedar Avenue (65)
- Conyngham Street (44)
- Dalaston Avenue (17)
- Eringa Avenue (15)
- Fowlers Road (21)
- Glen Osmond Road (71)
- Glenunga Avenue (83)
- Kingsley Avenue (17)
- L'estrange Street (66)
- Lebanon Avenue (13)
- Leroy Street (24)
- Myola Avenue (14)
- O'dea Drive (10)
- Portrush Road (139)
- Queen Street (57)
- Rowell Avenue (13)
- Sydney Street (84)
- Taminga Avenue (26)
- Trevorten Avenue (41)
- Windsor Road (31)