Parafield SA 5106

Living Here

Parafield is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 21 people, with a median age of 22. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Irish, English.

Over time — Census 2011 → 2021

Getting Around & Local Services

• 33 schools

  • Thomas More College
  • Karrendi Primary School
  • Brahma Lodge Primary School
  • Parafield Gardens High School
  • Parafield Gardens R-7
  • Gulfview Heights Primary School
  • North Ingle School
  • Mawson Lakes Primary School
  • Salisbury Downs Primary School
  • Holy Family Primary School

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• 16 cafés & restaurants

  • Gong Cha
  • Boost Juice
  • Kwik Stix
  • Elsie's Kitchen
  • Guzman y Gomez
  • First Things First Coffee
  • Rama Pizza
  • SilverSwan
  • Frankie's Diner
  • Caffe Primo Mawson Lakes

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• 6 supermarkets

  • IGA
  • IGA
  • Woolworths
  • ALDI
  • Woolworths
  • ALDI
• 18 parks

  • White Grren
  • Earl Ave Park
  • Codd Street Reserve
  • AGH Cox Reserve
  • Cockburn Green
  • Prettejohn Reserve - Lower
  • Cordoba Avenue Reserve
  • Electra Reserve
  • Moyes Reserve
  • Creaser Park

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• 3 Catholic churches

  • St Augustine's Church
  • Saint David's Catholic Church
  • St Ann's Catholic Church
• 3 pharmacies

  • TerryWhite Chemmart
  • United Chemists
  • TerryWhite Chemmart
• 4 doctors & medical clinics

  • McIntyre Medical Centre
  • Para Hills Clinic
  • SA Pathology
  • Mawson Lakes Medical Centre
• 3 dentists

  • McIntyre Dental
  • Orthodontist Dr. Chris Stanley
  • Ingle Farm Dental Surgery
• 2 physiotherapists

  • Proactive Health
  • Ingleview Physiotherapy
• 4 optometrists

  • OPSM
  • Specsavers
  • Specsavers
  • Optical Superstore
• 13 hospitals

  • Calvary Central Districts Hospital
  • Lyell McEwin Hospital
  • Modbury Hospital
  • Hampstead Centre
  • North Eastern Community Hospital
  • The Adelaide Clinic
  • sportsmed Stepney Healthcare Hub
  • Womens and Childrens Hospital
  • Calvary North Adelaide Hospital
  • The Memorial Hospital

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• 4 vets

  • Para Hills Veterinary Clinic
  • The Gardens Vet
  • Animal Hospital
  • Northfield Veterinary Clinic
• 2 childcare & kindergartens

  • Manor Farm Kindergarten
  • Mawson Lakes Community Early Learning
• 5 libraries

  • Para Hills Library
  • Mawson Lakes Library
  • Len Beadell (Salisbury) Library
  • Ingle Farm Library
  • City of Tea Tree Gully Library
• 2 post offices

  • Salisbury South
  • Australia Post
• 19 service stations

  • Shell OTR
  • OTR Parafield
  • Shell
  • OTR Para Hills West
  • OTR Salisbury Downs
  • Coles Express
  • OTR Para Hills
  • AM PM
  • Ampol Salisbury Downs
  • OTR Mawson Lakes

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• 9 gyms & sports centres

  • Anytime Fitness
  • The Lodge Fitness Centre
  • Salisbury West Sports Club
  • The Gardens Recreation Centre
  • Parafield Gardens Swim School
  • Fernwood Fitness
  • F45 Training
  • Anytime Fitness
  • North Pines Football and Sports Club
• 5 golf clubs

  • Mawson Lakes Golf Course
  • Little Para Golf Course
  • Penfield Golf Club
  • Valley View Par 3 Golf Course
  • Tea Tree Gully Golf Club
• 1 playground

  • Barbara Road Playground
• 4 dog parks

  • Mawson Lakes Dog Park
  • Ashley Avenue Dog Park
  • L.J. Lewis Reserve Dog Park
  • Kingswood Crescent Reserve Dog Park
• 1 bakery

  • Para Hills Hot Bread Bakery
• 1 butcher

  • Adelaide Hills Beef
• 2 hardware stores

  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 2 hairdressers

  • Daily Budget Haircut
  • Hair Tribe
• 11 mechanics

  • Midas Tyre & Auto Service
  • Fours
  • Salisbury Transmission Specialists
  • Oil ChangeXpress
  • mycar Tyre & Auto
  • Instant Windsreeens
  • Midas
  • Mycar
  • Steve Tehan Auto Repairs
  • mycar Tyre & Auto

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• 8 places to stay

  • Crowne Plaza Adelaide Mawson Lakes
  • Budget Motel
  • Clovercrest Hotel
  • Bridgeway Hotel
  • White Horse Inn
  • The Old Spot
  • Highway One Caravan Park
  • Sfera's Park Suites & Convention Centre

Getting around. Train station: Parafield, 1.5 km north-west · Bus interchange: Mawson Interchange, 2.8 km south-west · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 19.2 km south-west.

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Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 0.9% 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 50% · Labour-force participation 11.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

34,451 bird observations recorded near Parafield — most often seen:

• Pacific Black Duck (1,563)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,505)
• Australian White Ibis (1,436)
• Chestnut Teal (1,349)
• Eurasian Coot (1,347)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (1,310)
• Magpie-lark (1,308)
• Grey Teal (1,287)
• Little Raven (1,271)
• Dusky Moorhen (1,249)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,232)
• Noisy Miner (1,229)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,196)

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 Parafield:

• Para Hills West (1.1 km)
• Salisbury South (1.2 km)
• Para Hills (2.3 km)
• Salisbury East (2.3 km)
• Brahma Lodge (2.3 km)
• Gulfview Heights (2.4 km)
• Salisbury Downs (2.9 km)
• Parafield Gardens (3 km)

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