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melrose park (sa)
South Australia · Census 2021
$1.25M
+27.6% yr · median house · June 2026
Melrose Park (SA) is a leafy residential suburb of Mitcham.
Median house price
People
Population
2,319
Median age
38 yrs
Income / person / wk
$832
Household income / wk
$1,583
Housing
Median rent / wk
$350
Mortgage / month
$1,900
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 49%
- Top language at home
- Greek · 2%
- No religion
- 49%
- Born overseas
- 22%
- English only at home
- 79%
Local amenities
Amenity score
13/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
6
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.7 km
Nearest train
1.1 km
Nearest hospital
4.1 km
Distance to coast
6.2 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
1.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Mitcham
- Council population
- 66,083
- Council area
- 76 km²
- Density
- 875/km²
- Federal grants
- $2.94M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $44/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Boothby
- Federal MP
- Louise Miller-Frost (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 61% 2PP
- State electorate
- Elder
- State MP
- Nadia Clancy (ALP)
Similar suburbs
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