Unley

40,731 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 14 km², 16 suburbs. Council website: unley.sa.gov.au/Home.

Council series run to Aug 2026.

Population

40,731

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.7% in a year

Density

2,848/km²

14 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

$45

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

6.8 per 1,000

Residents, 12 months to Aug 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)

Advantage decile

10 of 10

SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)

Suburbs

Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)

Trends

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025

Council-wide median sale pricesABS Data by Region: median transfer price across the whole council by financial year, 2018-19–2023-24. Not any one suburb's price.

Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-08

Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

People and housing

Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).

Median age: 43
Median household income: $1,999/week
Median rent: $350/week
Median mortgage repayment: $2,167/month
Households renting: 30.7%
Average household: 2.3 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 10 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 10 of 10

Suburbs

16 suburbs where Unley holds most residents. 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
Parkside (SA)	5,126	All	$1.5MSept 2026	4% / 0%	10
Fullarton	4,500	All	$1.9MSept 2026	7% / 0%	9
Unley	3,997	All	$1.9MSept 2026	32% / 0%	10
Myrtle Bank (SA)	3,158	All	$2.3MSept 2026	9% / <1%	10
Goodwood (SA)	2,823	All	$1.3MSept 2026	26% / 0%	10
Malvern (SA)	2,713	All	$2.2MSept 2026	14% / 0%	10
Clarence Park	2,658	All	$1.3MSept 2026	2% / 0%	9
Millswood	2,173	All	$1.9MSept 2026	27% / 0%	10
Black Forest	1,982	All	$1.7MSept 2026	<1% / 0%	8
Wayville	1,922	All	$3.2MSept 2026	32% / 0%	10
Hyde Park (SA)	1,660	All	$2.6MSept 2026	20% / 0%	10
Highgate (SA)	1,504	All	$2.1MSept 2026	0% / 0%	10
Forestville (SA)	1,400	All	$1.9MSept 2026	43% / 0%	9
Unley Park	1,383	All	$2.7MSept 2026	28% / 0%	10
Everard Park	1,071	All	$1.6MSept 2026	25% / 0%	6
Kings Park (SA)	574	All	$2.2MSept 2026	<1% / 0%	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

16%

Over 16 of 16 member suburbs

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Bushfire-prone land

Over 16 of 16 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

Over 16 of 16 member suburbs

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Suburb prices

Across the 16 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Sept 2026).

Lowest suburb median: $1.3M
Median of suburb medians: $1.9M
Highest suburb median: $3.2M

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

Adelaide · Steve GEORGANAS (ALP)67%
Sturt · Claire CLUTTERHAM (ALP)20%
Boothby · Louise MILLER-FROST (ALP)14%

State districts

Unley · David Pisoni (LIB)82%
Badcoe · Jayne Stinson (ALP)12%
Elder · Nadia Clancy (ALP)7%

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 2026-11-05.