Burnside
48,257 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 28 km², 26 suburbs. Council website: burnside.sa.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
48,257
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.7% in a year
Density
1,755/km²
28 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.6M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$40
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
5.1 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
10 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
26
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 44
- Median household income
- $2,069/week
- Median rent
- $360/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,300/month
- Households renting
- 21.6%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 10 of 10
Suburbs
26 suburbs where Burnside holds most residents, plus 2 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magill | 9,693 | 27% | $1.3MJune 2026 | – / 14% | 8 |
| Burnside (SA) | 3,060 | All | $2.1MJune 2026 | 11% / 45% | 10 |
| Glenside | 2,852 | All | $2.8MJune 2026 | 0% / 0% | 9 |
| Beaumont (SA) | 2,731 | All | $2.1MJune 2026 | – / 70% | 10 |
| Kensington Park | 2,627 | All | $1.9MJune 2026 | <1% / 0% | 10 |
| Toorak Gardens | 2,604 | All | $3.5MJune 2026 | <1% / 0% | 10 |
| Kensington Gardens | 2,498 | All | $2.3MJune 2026 | <1% / 0% | 10 |
| Linden Park | 2,367 | All | $1.9MJune 2026 | 0% / 0% | 10 |
| Glenunga | 2,184 | All | $2.3MJune 2026 | 0% / 0% | 10 |
| Glen Osmond | 2,154 | All | $2.2MJune 2026 | – / 71% | 10 |
| Hazelwood Park | 1,953 | All | $1.9MJune 2026 | 21% / 0% | 10 |
| Wattle Park | 1,885 | All | $2.0MJune 2026 | 0% / 73% | 10 |
| St Georges | 1,726 | All | $2.1MJune 2026 | 0% / 4% | 10 |
| Dulwich | 1,659 | All | $2.0MJune 2026 | 0% / 0% | 10 |
| Leabrook | 1,605 | All | $2.0MJune 2026 | 12% / 0% | 10 |
| Beulah Park | 1,601 | All | $1.6MJune 2026 | 2% / 0% | 10 |
| Tusmore | 1,503 | All | $2.9MJune 2026 | 10% / 0% | 10 |
| Rosslyn Park | 1,469 | All | $1.6MJune 2026 | 0% / 46% | 10 |
| Rose Park | 1,375 | All | $2.9MJune 2026 | 1% / 0% | 10 |
| Stonyfell | 1,266 | All | $1.4MJune 2026 | 5% / 81% | 10 |
| Erindale | 1,172 | All | $2.4MJune 2026 | 3% / 0% | 10 |
| Frewville | 896 | All | $1.6MJune 2026 | 0% / 0% | 9 |
| Eastwood (SA) | 712 | All | $1.6MJune 2026 | <1% / 0% | 9 |
| Auldana | 629 | All | $2.2MJune 2026 | 0% / 100% | 10 |
| Mount Osmond | 464 | All | $1.4MJune 2026 | 0% / 100% | 10 |
| Skye (SA) | 293 | All | $1.4MJune 2026 | 0% / 100% | 10 |
| Waterfall Gully | 161 | All | $2.0MJune 2026 | 0% / 100% | 10 |
| Leawood Gardens | 57 | 31% | $1.6MDec 2024 | 0% / 100% | 10 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Flood planning land
3%
Over 25 of 28 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 26 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending June 2026).
- Lowest suburb median
- $1.4M
- Median of suburb medians
- $2.0M
- Highest suburb median
- $3.5M
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Sturt · Claire CLUTTERHAM (ALP)98%
- Adelaide · Steve GEORGANAS (ALP)2%
- Boothby · Louise MILLER-FROST (ALP)1%
State districts
- Bragg · Vickie Chapman (LIB)78%
- Dunstan · Cressida O'Hanlon (ALP)15%
- Hartley · Vincent Tarzia (LIB)6%
- Morialta · John Gardner (LIB)1%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every South Australia council on the council map or the South Australia council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.