Unley Park SA 5061
739 addresses · 28 streets
Adelaide Electorate › Unley LGA › Unley Park · 4 km from Adelaide
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Living Here
Unley Park is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,383 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $2,990 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 18% 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 $3,037,500.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Goodwood - Millswood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Unley Park itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 playgrounds
1 beauty salon
4 plumbers
Getting around. Train station: Unley Park, 600 m south-west · Tram stop: Goodwood Road (Stop 3), 1.8 km north-west · Bus interchange: Blackwood Interchange, 6.7 km south · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 6.8 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: 22.2% 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 | 22.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 66.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 64.4%
Population by age in Unley Park
| 0-4 | 51 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 151 |
| 15-19 | 113 |
| 20-24 | 89 |
| 25-34 | 117 |
| 35-44 | 118 |
| 45-54 | 194 |
| 55-64 | 214 |
| 65-74 | 192 |
| 75-84 | 113 |
| 85+ | 28 |
Dwelling types in Unley Park
| House | 397 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 21 |
| Apartment | 100 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Unley Park
| <$650 | 42 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 78 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 118 |
| $3,000+ | 241 |
Top ancestries in Unley Park
| English | 565 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 385 |
| Scottish | 155 |
| Other | 149 |
| German | 141 |
| Irish | 141 |
Housing tenure in Unley Park
| Owned | 256 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 168 |
| Rented | 91 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Unley Park
| 0 | 29 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 152 |
| 2 | 204 |
| 3 | 77 |
| 4+ | 56 |
Commute to work in Unley Park
| Car | 463 |
|---|---|
| Train | 5 |
| Bus | 40 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 13 |
| Bicycle | 19 |
| Home | 92 |
Top countries of birth in Unley Park
| England | 67 |
|---|---|
| China | 23 |
| Greece | 15 |
| Hong Kong | 15 |
| India | 12 |
| United States | 11 |
Languages used at home in Unley Park
| Greek | 62 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 31 |
| Spanish | 9 |
| Vietnamese | 9 |
| German | 7 |
| Portuguese | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
88,938 bird observations recorded near Unley Park — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (6,461)
- Noisy Miner (6,271)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6,135)
- Australian Wood Duck (4,373)
- Galah (4,274)
- Magpie-lark (4,008)
- Rock Dove (4,005)
- Little Raven (3,840)
- Eastern Rosella (3,228)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (2,808)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (2,629)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,626)
- Crested Pigeon (2,622)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Unley Park
- Southern Magpie-lark (2,599)
- Pacific Black Duck (2,513)
- Crimson Rosella (2,477)
- Australian White Ibis (2,351)
- Dusky Moorhen (2,214)
- Welcome Swallow (2,205)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (2,181)
- Masked Lapwing (2,119)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (1,995)
- New Holland Honeyeater (1,942)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,941)
- Red Wattlebird (1,911)
- Australasian Grebe (1,905)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (1,904)
- Eurasian Coot (1,822)
- Musk Lorikeet (1,820)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (1,759)
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 Unley Park:
- Hyde Park (0.7 km)
- Kings Park (0.9 km)
- Hawthorn (1 km)
- Malvern (1 km)
- Westbourne Park (1.2 km)
- Millswood (1.3 km)
- Kingswood (1.5 km)
- Goodwood (1.6 km)
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Streets
- Addiscombe Place (5)
- Ashleigh Grove (9)
- Bellevue Place (17)
- Cedar Avenue (15)
- Cross Road (33)
- Dolling Close (3)
- Elm Street (23)
- George Street (37)
- Glen Avenue (20)
- Greer Street (18)
- Grove Street (33)
- Heywood Avenue (9)
- High Street (42)
- King Street (25)
- King William Road (10)
- Miegunyah Avenue (6)
- Nanthea Terrace N (6)
- Nanthea Terrace S (7)
- Northgate Street (134)
- Omar Place (13)
- Rutland Avenue (28)
- Thornber Street (69)
- Unley Road (74)
- Victoria Avenue (47)
- View Street (17)
- Westall Street (7)
- Whistler Avenue (27)
- Wood Street (5)