St Peters SA 5069
1,665 addresses · 25 streets
Sturt Electorate › Norwood Payneham and St Peters LGA › St Peters · 3 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
St Peters is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 3,231 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,266 a week, with median rent near $310 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, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $2,400,000.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the St Peters - Marden statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: St Peters itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
10 childcare & kindergartens
Getting around. Train station: Adelaide, 3 km south-west · Tram stop: Botanic Gardens, 2.2 km south-west · Bus interchange: Klemzig Interchange, 2.6 km north-east · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 9.2 km south-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: 17.2% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 17.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 37.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 67.3%
Population by age in St Peters
| 0-4 | 107 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 407 |
| 15-19 | 201 |
| 20-24 | 212 |
| 25-34 | 356 |
| 35-44 | 367 |
| 45-54 | 444 |
| 55-64 | 501 |
| 65-74 | 366 |
| 75-84 | 178 |
| 85+ | 79 |
Dwelling types in St Peters
| House | 880 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 130 |
| Apartment | 208 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in St Peters
| <$650 | 157 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 231 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 317 |
| $3,000+ | 458 |
Top ancestries in St Peters
| English | 1,072 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 864 |
| Italian | 392 |
| Other | 383 |
| Scottish | 300 |
| Irish | 273 |
Housing tenure in St Peters
| Owned | 531 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 341 |
| Rented | 328 |
| Other | 19 |
Cars per household in St Peters
| 0 | 85 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 393 |
| 2 | 505 |
| 3 | 148 |
| 4+ | 91 |
Commute to work in St Peters
| Car | 1,049 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 83 |
| Tram/ferry | 3 |
| Walked | 48 |
| Bicycle | 77 |
| Home | 257 |
Top countries of birth in St Peters
| England | 140 |
|---|---|
| India | 92 |
| China | 89 |
| Malaysia | 53 |
| Italy | 51 |
| Greece | 50 |
Languages used at home in St Peters
| Mandarin | 130 |
|---|---|
| Greek | 96 |
| Italian | 82 |
| Vietnamese | 36 |
| Cantonese | 30 |
| Urdu | 27 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
114,282 bird observations recorded near St Peters — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (8,712)
- Australian Magpie (7,864)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6,457)
- Australian Wood Duck (5,713)
- Rock Dove (5,487)
- Galah (5,158)
- Magpie-lark (4,737)
- Pacific Black Duck (3,897)
- Dusky Moorhen (3,801)
- Southern Magpie-lark (3,709)
- Little Raven (3,701)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (3,681)
- Australian White Ibis (3,605)
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- Spotted Turtle-dove (3,575)
- Eastern Rosella (3,297)
- Crested Pigeon (3,277)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (3,123)
- Musk Lorikeet (3,104)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (2,893)
- Welcome Swallow (2,813)
- Masked Lapwing (2,760)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2,759)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (2,618)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (2,614)
- Eurasian Coot (2,591)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (2,529)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,526)
- Crimson Rosella (2,481)
- Giinbaywarraymal (2,477)
- European Common Starling (2,323)
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 St Peters:
- Joslin (0.7 km)
- College Park (0.8 km)
- Stepney (1 km)
- Gilberton (1 km)
- Evandale (1.1 km)
- Royston Park (1.1 km)
- Hackney (1.2 km)
- Maylands (1.4 km)
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Streets
- Booroo Street (4)
- Eighth Avenue (108)
- Eleventh Avenue (27)
- Fifth Avenue (147)
- First Avenue (134)
- First Lane (10)
- Fourth Avenue (98)
- Goss Court (3)
- Harrow Road (43)
- Holton Court (11)
- Ninth Avenue (50)
- Payneham Road (139)
- Player Avenue (33)
- Player Court (18)
- River Street (39)
- Second Avenue (123)
- Seventh Avenue (163)
- Sixth Avenue (146)
- St Peters Street (17)
- Stephen Terrace (92)
- Swing Bridge Lane (1)
- Tenth Avenue (53)
- Third Avenue (98)
- Westminster Street (6)
- Winchester Street (102)