Parafield Gardens, 5107

Flats / units (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)

$520

Houses (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)

$600

All types (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)

$600

Rental bonds lodged (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)

95

Median house price (Q1 2026)

$875,500

Median price change

+25.1%

16.4% of adults have a university degree, compared with 22.6% across South Australia. 16% have a trade or vocational qualification.

• University qualified16.4% · 22.6% SA
• Diploma qualified6.5% · 8.6% SA
• Trade / vocational16% · 17.5% SA
• Year 12 or below61.1% · 51.2% SA

Median taxable income (2023–24)

$50,448

33rd percentile in SA · -14% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)

$55,900

44th percentile in SA · -14% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments

10.0%

22nd percentile in SA · -27% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)

$32,921

4th percentile in SA · -48% vs Australia

Residents with business income

15.0%

91st percentile in SA · +44% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 5107 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

46.3% speak a language other than English at home; 42.5% born overseas

Language at home

9,502 English only · 8,195 other

Non-English at home

46.3%

Born overseas

7,546 (42.5%)

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

445 (2.4%)

Australian citizens

15,439

Languages spoken at home (other than English)

34

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.

Schools within 2 km

6 (6 schools, 3 preschools)

Median school ICSEA (9 schools)

967

Median ICSEA percentile

32th

1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap

• Good Start Early Learningchildcare

73 public transport stops in this suburb

• Stop 35 Salisbury Hwy - South East side
• Stop 37 Salisbury Hwy - South East side
• Stop 38 Salisbury Hwy - South East side
• Stop 39 Salisbury Hwy - East side
• Stop 40 Salisbury Hwy - East side

171 mapped amenities

1 restaurants · 2 pubs · 3 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 6 playgrounds · 3 sports centres · 3 petrol stations · 1 post offices

7 named sporting clubs in this suburb

• North Pines Football and Sports Club
• North Pines Redbacks Football and Sporting Clubs

  Australian Rules Football · Cricket · Darts

• Northern Rattlers Junior Basketball Club

  Basketball

• Parafield Gardens Judo Club

  Judo

• Parafield Gardens Soccer and Sports Club

  Soccer

• Redbacks Basketball Club

  Basketball

• Salisbury Villa Sports and Social Club

  Soccer

Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap and the SA Sports Vouchers venue list, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.

Green cover of suburb area

3.1%

Woodland / forest cover

0%

Parks & woodland features (OSM)

14

Parks (OSM)

14

Typical summer maximum

29°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Nearest hospital

Northern Endoscopy Centre (3.7 km)

Nearest hospital type

Private Day Only Hospital

Nearest hospital emergency

No emergency department listed

GP clinics in suburb

0

Aged-care services

2

Residential aged-care places

139

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)

720

Participants per 1,000 residents

38.7

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Development applications from PlanSA register and EPA licensed activities.

1 active roadworks / incidents

• Road RepairPort Wakefield Road, Port Wakefield Rd21 Sep 2026 – 04 Oct 2026

1 heritage place

• Garden College (former Angas Home), including Residential Wings, Kitchen, Manager's Residence and Florence Thompson Memorial92 Shepherdson Road PARAFIELD GARDENSState heritage

Bushfire planning zone

No overlay at centroid

Flood / inundation overlay

2.3% of suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid against all current SA Planning risk layers (high, medium, general, urban interface, regional, outback). Flood cover is the share of the suburb boundary overlapping current SA Planning flood overlays (flooding and evidence required). Safer places from CFS designated locations.

Federal electorate

Makin

Member of Parliament

Tony ZAPPIA (Australian Labor Party)

Results from

2025 federal election

Electorate enrolment (2025)

123,639

Turnout (2025)

91.5%

Swing since 2022 (2025)

+3.9 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

• Parafield Gardens Central (Makin)Labor 74.3% · Coalition 25.7% TPP (2025)0.3 km away
• Parafield GardensLabor 71.7% · Coalition 28.3% TPP (2025)1.0 km away
• Parafield Gardens North West (Makin)Labor 68.1% · Coalition 31.9% TPP (2025)1.2 km away
• Mawson Lakes NorthLabor 67.5% · Coalition 32.5% TPP (2025)2.8 km away
• Mawson LakesLabor 68.2% · Coalition 31.9% TPP (2025)3.0 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

IRSAD decile (2021)

1/10

IRSD decile (2021)

1/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).