O'sullivan Beach SA 5166

Living Here

O'sullivan Beach is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,844 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,072 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 70% of households own their home and 30% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $780,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Christies Beach statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: O'sullivan Beach itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 18 schools

  • Southern Montessori School
  • Christies Beach Primary School
  • Christie Downs Primary School
  • Lonsdale Heights Primary School
  • Marcellin Technical College
  • Christies Beach High School
  • Port Noarlunga Primary School
  • Cardijn College
  • Calvary Lutheran Primary School
  • Morphett Vale Primary School

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• 13 cafés & restaurants

  • O'Sullivan Beach Takeaway
  • The ripple and swirl
  • Cheezy Grinz Cafe
  • Ocean Garden Chinese Restaurant
  • Rito's Cafe
  • The Fiery Greek
  • Fernalee Chinese
  • Beach Road Cafe Christies
  • Bellissimo Pizza
  • Fasta Pasta

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• 6 supermarkets

  • Friendly Grocers
  • Christies Beach IGA
  • Coles
  • Flaxmill Road Supermarket
  • Woolworths
  • Coles
• 8 parks

  • Yangara Reserve
  • Lohmann Park Christies Beach
  • Niipu-niipu Wama Morton Park
  • Rotary Park
  • Helen Ellis Reserve
  • Glasgow Street Reserve
  • Ramsay Place
  • Lance Hawke Park
• 4 Catholic churches

  • Noarlunga-Seaford Catholic Parish
  • Morphett Vale Catholic Parish
  • St Martin de Porres Parish
  • Seaford Christian Churches
• 1 pharmacy

  • Flaxmill Road Pharmacy
• 5 doctors & medical clinics

  • Klaveniek T G & Birdsey P H
  • Christies Beach Medical Centre
  • Adelaide Podiatry
  • Adaire Clinic
  • GP Plus
• 2 physiotherapists

  • Christies Beach Manipulative Physiotherapy
  • Wirreanda on Wheatsheaf - Christodoulou L
• 4 optometrists

  • Specsavers
  • OPSM
  • Eyemedics
  • Specsavers
• 5 hospitals

  • Noarlunga Health Service
  • Griffith Rehabilitation Hospital
  • McLaren Vale and Districts War Memorial Hospital
  • Flinders Medical Centre
  • Glenelg Community Hospital Inc
• 4 vets

  • Paws Galore Vets Christies Beach
  • Southcoast Animal Hospital
  • Southern Animal Hospital - Hutt Philip
  • Hackham Veterinary Centre
• 1 library

  • Noarlunga Library
• 4 post offices

  • Australia Post
  • Australian Post
  • Australia Post
  • Noarlunga Post Office
• 8 service stations

  • OTR Christies Beach Gulfview Road
  • OTR Christies Beach Dyson Road
  • BP
  • ANZ ATM Noarlunga Downs Caltex
  • Caltex
  • Caltex
  • X Convenience Lonsdale
  • Woolworths Petrol
• 4 gyms & sports centres

  • AMF Noarlunga
  • Noarlunga Recreation Centre
  • Goodlife Gym
  • Port Noarlunga Bowling Club
• 4 golf clubs

  • Port Noarlunga Golf Driving Range
  • Thaxted Park Golf Course
  • The Vines of Reynella
  • Marion Golf Park
• 1 playground

  • Dinosaur Playground
• 3 bakeries

  • Croissant D'Or Bakery
  • Down South Bakery
  • The Cheesecake Shop
• 1 butcher

  • Barossa Fine Foods
• 2 hardware stores

  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Flinders Mitre 10
• 4 mechanics

  • Mitsi-Bits
  • Ultra Tune
  • Mycar
  • mycar Tyre & Auto
• 5 places to stay

  • Christies Beach Hotel
  • Christies Beach Caravan Park
  • Lonsdale Hotel
  • Port Noarlunga Hotel
  • Cascabel BnB

Getting around. Train station: Lonsdale, 1.7 km north-east · Bus interchange: Noarlunga Centre Interchange, 2.7 km south-east · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 20.3 km north.

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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.

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: 7.1% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 9.2% · Labour-force participation 52.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

38,766 bird observations recorded near O'sullivan Beach — most often seen:

• Common Starling (2,220)
• Little Raven (2,147)
• Rock Dove (2,048)
• House Sparrow (2,016)
• Southern Magpie-lark (2,000)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,882)
• Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (1,808)
• Eastern Crested Pigeon (1,753)
• Eastern Asian Spotted Dove (1,752)
• Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (1,674)
• Western Red Wattlebird (1,653)
• Little Pied Cormorant (1,635)
• Eurasian Blackbird (1,604)

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 O'sullivan Beach:

• Christies Beach (1.8 km)
• Christie Downs (2.1 km)
• Lonsdale (2.2 km)
• Port Noarlunga (3 km)
• Noarlunga Centre (3.1 km)
• Hackham West (4.4 km)
• Noarlunga Downs (4.5 km)
• Morphett Vale (4.5 km)

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