Parkside SA 5063
3,191 addresses · 54 streets
Adelaide Electorate › Unley LGA › Parkside · 2 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
Parkside is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 5,126 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $2,040 a week, with median rent near $395 a week. Most homes are houses. About 59% of households own their home and 39% 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 $1,776,500.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Unley - Parkside statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Parkside itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 playgrounds
4 plumbers
Getting around. Train station: Millswood, 2.7 km south-west · Tram stop: Greenhill Road (Stop 1), 1.5 km west · Bus interchange: Klemzig Interchange, 7 km north · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 7.6 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: 13.4% 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 | 13.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 7.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.1% · Labour-force participation 68.5%
Population by age in Parkside
| 0-4 | 257 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 590 |
| 15-19 | 244 |
| 20-24 | 298 |
| 25-34 | 757 |
| 35-44 | 809 |
| 45-54 | 692 |
| 55-64 | 559 |
| 65-74 | 520 |
| 75-84 | 242 |
| 85+ | 147 |
Dwelling types in Parkside
| House | 1,135 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 572 |
| Apartment | 396 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Parkside
| <$650 | 285 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 475 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 607 |
| $3,000+ | 641 |
Top ancestries in Parkside
| English | 1,839 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,438 |
| Other | 659 |
| Irish | 552 |
| Scottish | 539 |
| Italian | 452 |
Housing tenure in Parkside
| Owned | 661 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 583 |
| Rented | 813 |
| Other | 36 |
Cars per household in Parkside
| 0 | 188 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 925 |
| 2 | 743 |
| 3 | 170 |
| 4+ | 76 |
Commute to work in Parkside
| Car | 1,494 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 134 |
| Tram/ferry | 8 |
| Walked | 176 |
| Bicycle | 186 |
| Home | 423 |
Top countries of birth in Parkside
| England | 246 |
|---|---|
| China | 160 |
| Italy | 86 |
| Greece | 85 |
| India | 85 |
| New Zealand | 44 |
Languages used at home in Parkside
| Greek | 192 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 185 |
| Italian | 136 |
| Cantonese | 54 |
| Spanish | 48 |
| German | 31 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
115,772 bird observations recorded near Parkside — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (8,233)
- Australian Magpie (8,033)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (7,512)
- Australian Wood Duck (6,022)
- Rock Dove (5,311)
- Galah (5,283)
- Magpie-lark (5,259)
- Little Raven (4,596)
- Eastern Rosella (3,836)
- Dusky Moorhen (3,743)
- Pacific Black Duck (3,624)
- Crested Pigeon (3,512)
- Southern Magpie-lark (3,465)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Parkside
- Australian White Ibis (3,426)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (3,409)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (3,340)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (3,160)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (3,033)
- Eurasian Coot (2,950)
- Welcome Swallow (2,930)
- Crimson Rosella (2,865)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (2,788)
- Masked Lapwing (2,741)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2,588)
- Australasian Grebe (2,470)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (2,463)
- Musk Lorikeet (2,348)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (2,298)
- New Holland Honeyeater (2,287)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (2,247)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Alfred Street (95)
- Anglo Avenue (23)
- Arnold Street (25)
- Belgrave Court (8)
- Birks Street (33)
- Blyth Street (122)
- Campbell Road (26)
- Castle Street (90)
- Chinner Avenue (11)
- Clyde Street (38)
- Collins Street (4)
- Cootra Avenue (1)
- Culvert Street (21)
- Davey Street (28)
- Douglas Street (30)
- Dudley Street (19)
- Dunks Street (48)
- Ella Street (30)
- Foster Street (82)
- Fullarton Road (137)
- Fuller Street (50)
- George Street (143)
- Glen Osmond Road (105)
- Greenhill Road (149)
- Hill Street (56)
- Hone Street (26)
- Jaffrey Street (59)
- Kenilworth Road (164)
- Leicester Street (199)
- Liston Street (30)
- Macklin Street (25)
- Montpelier Street (42)
- Myra Street (13)
- Nelly Street (3)
- Olive Street (40)
- Oxenbould Street (26)
- Paringa Street (10)
- Pine Street (6)
- Porter Street (126)
- Randolph Avenue (64)
- Regent Street (59)
- Robsart Street (230)
- Scott Street (59)
- St Anns Place (55)
- St Helen Street (24)
- Stamford Street (35)
- Tondie Avenue (8)
- Townsend Street (22)
- Unley Road (87)
- Wallis Street (58)
- Whittam Street (28)
- Wilkinson Road (58)
- Windsor Street (9)
- Young Street (252)