Penfield Gardens SA 5121

Living Here

Penfield Gardens is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 304 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,593 a week, with median rent near $383 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Italian, Australian, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Munno Para West - Angle Vale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Penfield Gardens itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Trinity College Gawler River
  • St Columba College
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Sneaky's
• 3 hospitals

  • Lyell McEwin Hospital
  • Calvary Central Districts Hospital
  • Gawler Health Service
• 1 library

  • Playford Library
• 1 service station

  • BP Angle Vale
• 2 golf clubs

  • North Lakes Golf Course
  • Penfield Golf Club
• 1 dog park

  • Stebonheath Dog Park
• 2 hardware stores

  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Mitre 10
• 1 place to stay

  • Virginia Gardens

Getting around. Train station: Broadmeadows, 6.6 km south-east · Bus interchange: Smithfield Interchange, 6.9 km east · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 32.4 km south.

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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.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 3.2% 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 3.2% · Labour-force participation 59.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,117 bird observations recorded near Penfield Gardens — most often seen:

• Common Starling (62)
• Pacific Black Duck (56)
• Australian White Ibis (49)
• Rock Dove (47)
• Southern Willie Wagtail (42)
• White-faced Heron (42)
• Eastern Crested Pigeon (41)
• Southern Magpie-lark (41)
• Eurasian Blackbird (40)
• Australian Wood Duck (39)
• House Sparrow (39)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (39)
• Eurasian Coot (37)

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 Penfield Gardens:

• Macdonald Park (2.3 km)
• Angle Vale (3.2 km)
• Penfield (4 km)
• Andrews Farm (4.4 km)
• Munno Para West (5 km)
• Eyre (5.1 km)
• Virginia (5.2 km)
• Smithfield Plains (5.8 km)

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