Unley SA 5061
2,979 addresses · 54 streets
Adelaide Electorate › Unley LGA › Unley · 2 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
Unley is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 3,997 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,037 a week, with median rent near $372 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 36% 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 $1,671,000.
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: Unley itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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Getting around. Train station: Millswood, 1.8 km south-west · Tram stop: Greenhill Road (Stop 1), 900 m north-west · Bus interchange: Klemzig Interchange, 7.5 km north-east · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 6.7 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: 13.8% 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 | 13.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 6.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 66.8%
Population by age in Unley
| 0-4 | 163 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 430 |
| 15-19 | 182 |
| 20-24 | 251 |
| 25-34 | 592 |
| 35-44 | 536 |
| 45-54 | 557 |
| 55-64 | 483 |
| 65-74 | 461 |
| 75-84 | 261 |
| 85+ | 76 |
Dwelling types in Unley
| House | 903 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 350 |
| Apartment | 471 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Unley
| <$650 | 245 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 387 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 445 |
| $3,000+ | 555 |
Top ancestries in Unley
| English | 1,458 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,108 |
| Other | 430 |
| Scottish | 409 |
| Irish | 370 |
| Italian | 342 |
Housing tenure in Unley
| Owned | 604 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 471 |
| Rented | 617 |
| Other | 27 |
Cars per household in Unley
| 0 | 159 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 796 |
| 2 | 568 |
| 3 | 131 |
| 4+ | 55 |
Commute to work in Unley
| Car | 1,164 |
|---|---|
| Train | 7 |
| Bus | 90 |
| Tram/ferry | 42 |
| Walked | 162 |
| Bicycle | 121 |
| Home | 315 |
Top countries of birth in Unley
| England | 181 |
|---|---|
| China | 130 |
| India | 82 |
| Greece | 78 |
| Italy | 75 |
| United States | 37 |
Languages used at home in Unley
| Greek | 182 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 156 |
| Italian | 113 |
| Cantonese | 40 |
| French | 38 |
| Spanish | 27 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
117,396 bird observations recorded near Unley — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (8,359)
- Australian Magpie (8,190)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (7,566)
- Australian Wood Duck (6,028)
- Magpie-lark (5,439)
- Galah (5,399)
- Rock Dove (5,394)
- Little Raven (4,613)
- Eastern Rosella (3,893)
- Dusky Moorhen (3,771)
- Pacific Black Duck (3,691)
- Crested Pigeon (3,660)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (3,558)
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- Australian White Ibis (3,437)
- Southern Magpie-lark (3,383)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (3,219)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (3,126)
- Welcome Swallow (3,065)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (3,032)
- Eurasian Coot (2,974)
- Crimson Rosella (2,957)
- Masked Lapwing (2,842)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (2,773)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2,537)
- Australasian Grebe (2,490)
- Musk Lorikeet (2,451)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (2,434)
- New Holland Honeyeater (2,428)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (2,427)
- Giinbaywarraymal (2,260)
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
- Allen Grove (42)
- Ambler Place (6)
- Arthur Street (83)
- Ash Avenue (12)
- Austell Street (13)
- Barrow Street (13)
- Beech Avenue (7)
- Birdwood Avenue (4)
- Boothby Court (20)
- Caithness Street (13)
- Cambridge Terrace (27)
- Chances Lane (1)
- Charles Street (126)
- Charles Walk (1)
- Cleland Avenue (32)
- Culvert Street (5)
- Duthy Street (43)
- Edmund Avenue (84)
- Fairford Street (91)
- Frederick Street (110)
- George Street (11)
- Greenhill Road (85)
- Hart Avenue (51)
- Hughes Street (90)
- Irwin Lane (12)
- Killicoat Street (28)
- King William Road (240)
- Langham Terrace (16)
- Marion Street (106)
- Mary Place (1)
- Mary Street (204)
- Maud Street (101)
- Mcgowan Avenue (23)
- Miller Place (4)
- Miller Street (82)
- Mizpah Avenue (9)
- Mornington Road (31)
- Oak Avenue (18)
- Oxford Terrace (59)
- Palmerston Place (4)
- Palmerston Road (84)
- Park Lane (6)
- Porter Street (2)
- Queen Street (45)
- Ramage Street (13)
- Roberts Street (95)
- Rugby Street (4)
- Salisbury Street (105)
- Thomas Street (121)
- Trimmer Terrace (13)
- Tyne Place (35)
- Unley Road (422)
- Windsor Street (10)
- Young Street (116)