Millswood SA 5034
901 addresses · 44 streets
Adelaide Electorate › Unley LGA › Millswood · 3 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
Millswood is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 2,173 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $2,836 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $1,940,000.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Goodwood - Millswood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Millswood itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
5 doctors & medical clinics
4 plumbers
Getting around. Train station: Millswood, 200 m south · Tram stop: Goodwood Road (Stop 3), 800 m north · Bus interchange: Blackwood Interchange, 7.6 km south · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 5.5 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: 19.5% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 19.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 39.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 64.8%
Population by age in Millswood
| 0-4 | 82 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 300 |
| 15-19 | 156 |
| 20-24 | 142 |
| 25-34 | 165 |
| 35-44 | 223 |
| 45-54 | 324 |
| 55-64 | 321 |
| 65-74 | 264 |
| 75-84 | 161 |
| 85+ | 38 |
Dwelling types in Millswood
| House | 709 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 44 |
| Apartment | 38 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Millswood
| <$650 | 62 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 150 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 188 |
| $3,000+ | 350 |
Top ancestries in Millswood
| English | 914 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 681 |
| Irish | 275 |
| Scottish | 258 |
| German | 187 |
| Other | 173 |
Housing tenure in Millswood
| Owned | 399 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 270 |
| Rented | 109 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Millswood
| 0 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 249 |
| 2 | 346 |
| 3 | 113 |
| 4+ | 67 |
Commute to work in Millswood
| Car | 645 |
|---|---|
| Train | 25 |
| Bus | 24 |
| Tram/ferry | 19 |
| Walked | 37 |
| Bicycle | 65 |
| Home | 177 |
Top countries of birth in Millswood
| England | 98 |
|---|---|
| Greece | 23 |
| China | 22 |
| Scotland | 22 |
| New Zealand | 20 |
| India | 19 |
Languages used at home in Millswood
| Greek | 76 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 27 |
| Italian | 25 |
| Cantonese | 12 |
| Hindi | 12 |
| Japanese | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
107,094 bird observations recorded near Millswood — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (7,575)
- Australian Magpie (7,521)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6,805)
- Australian Wood Duck (5,592)
- Galah (4,889)
- Magpie-lark (4,868)
- Rock Dove (4,858)
- Little Raven (4,190)
- Eastern Rosella (3,489)
- Dusky Moorhen (3,334)
- Pacific Black Duck (3,312)
- Crested Pigeon (3,232)
- Southern Magpie-lark (3,212)
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- Eastern Crested Pigeon (3,152)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (3,138)
- Australian White Ibis (3,120)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,792)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (2,762)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (2,756)
- Welcome Swallow (2,747)
- Eurasian Coot (2,664)
- Masked Lapwing (2,649)
- Crimson Rosella (2,602)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (2,432)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2,403)
- Australasian Grebe (2,303)
- Musk Lorikeet (2,239)
- Giinbaywarraymal (2,186)
- New Holland Honeyeater (2,139)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (2,133)
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 Millswood:
- Kings Park (0.7 km)
- Goodwood (0.7 km)
- Clarence Park (1 km)
- Forestville (1 km)
- Hyde Park (1.2 km)
- Unley Park (1.3 km)
- Black Forest (1.3 km)
- Everard Park (1.4 km)
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Streets
- Alexander Avenue (7)
- Allenby Avenue (4)
- Andrew Avenue (21)
- Argyle Avenue (3)
- Arundel Avenue (12)
- Avenue Street (45)
- Chelmsford Avenue (35)
- Clifton Street (40)
- Cranbrook Avenue (28)
- Cromer Parade (32)
- Curzon Avenue (7)
- Douglas Street (9)
- East Avenue (26)
- Ellesmere Terrace (5)
- Eva Street (1)
- Fairfax Avenue (20)
- Goodwood Road (52)
- Graham Avenue (4)
- Grantley Avenue (17)
- Hackett Avenue (7)
- Hardy Street (9)
- Heathcote Crescent (4)
- Irwin Avenue (7)
- Jarvis Street (10)
- Jasper Street (6)
- Lanor Avenue (33)
- Lloyd Avenue (8)
- Lonsdale Terrace (7)
- Lynton Avenue (57)
- Malcolm Street (45)
- Meredyth Avenue (17)
- Millswood Crescent (77)
- Mitchell Street (70)
- Northbrook Avenue (1)
- Oakley Avenue (1)
- Ormonde Avenue (35)
- Parish Court (8)
- Percy Street (6)
- Ravensthorpe Avenue (16)
- Regent Street (30)
- Vardon Terrace (10)
- Weller Street (11)
- Wood Street (31)
- Wooldridge Avenue (27)