Rose Park SA 5067
888 addresses · 14 streets
Sturt Electorate › Burnside LGA › Rose Park · 2 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
Rose Park is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,375 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $2,411 a week, with median rent near $365 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $3,115,000.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Toorak Gardens statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rose Park itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
10 childcare & kindergartens
4 plumbers
Getting around. Train station: Adelaide, 3 km west · Tram stop: Botanic Gardens, 2 km north-west · Bus interchange: Klemzig Interchange, 5.1 km north · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 8.7 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: 14.5% 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 | 14.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 23.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 65.1%
Population by age in Rose Park
| 0-4 | 59 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 157 |
| 15-19 | 82 |
| 20-24 | 93 |
| 25-34 | 130 |
| 35-44 | 173 |
| 45-54 | 148 |
| 55-64 | 197 |
| 65-74 | 212 |
| 75-84 | 100 |
| 85+ | 27 |
Dwelling types in Rose Park
| House | 306 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 143 |
| Apartment | 88 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rose Park
| <$650 | 61 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 95 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 131 |
| $3,000+ | 200 |
Top ancestries in Rose Park
| English | 534 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 413 |
| Scottish | 155 |
| Irish | 153 |
| Other | 134 |
| Italian | 116 |
Housing tenure in Rose Park
| Owned | 251 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 129 |
| Rented | 141 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Rose Park
| 0 | 33 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 183 |
| 2 | 200 |
| 3 | 81 |
| 4+ | 31 |
Commute to work in Rose Park
| Car | 394 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 34 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 44 |
| Bicycle | 29 |
| Home | 117 |
Top countries of birth in Rose Park
| England | 62 |
|---|---|
| India | 42 |
| China | 23 |
| Italy | 22 |
| Malaysia | 16 |
| United States | 14 |
Languages used at home in Rose Park
| Mandarin | 33 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 25 |
| Vietnamese | 16 |
| Urdu | 14 |
| Greek | 12 |
| German | 11 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
122,673 bird observations recorded near Rose Park — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (9,061)
- Australian Magpie (8,309)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (7,360)
- Australian Wood Duck (6,110)
- Rock Dove (5,858)
- Galah (5,489)
- Magpie-lark (5,227)
- Little Raven (4,441)
- Dusky Moorhen (3,991)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (3,895)
- Southern Magpie-lark (3,878)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (3,876)
- Eastern Rosella (3,855)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rose Park
- Pacific Black Duck (3,818)
- Crested Pigeon (3,707)
- Australian White Ibis (3,611)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (3,291)
- Welcome Swallow (3,161)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (3,138)
- Eurasian Coot (3,074)
- Masked Lapwing (2,910)
- Musk Lorikeet (2,902)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2,870)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (2,841)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (2,813)
- Crimson Rosella (2,742)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,715)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (2,692)
- Australasian Grebe (2,566)
- Giinbaywarraymal (2,472)
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 Rose Park:
- Dulwich (0.7 km)
- Toorak Gardens (1 km)
- Norwood (1.1 km)
- Kent Town (1.3 km)
- Glenside (1.4 km)
- Eastwood (1.4 km)
- Heathpool (1.7 km)
- Kensington (1.8 km)
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Streets
- Alexandra Avenue (138)
- Close Street (20)
- Fullarton Road (178)
- Grant Avenue (108)
- Gurney Road (12)
- Hewitt Avenue (136)
- Kensington Road (61)
- Prescott Terrace (24)
- Scott Street (2)
- Swaine Avenue (102)
- Thomas Place (7)
- Victoria Terrace (13)
- Watson Avenue (86)
- Webb Street (1)
