IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 912
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
For state-level context, explore the South Australia economy.
Housing
Rosewater
South Australia · Census 2021
$965k+26.3% yrmedian house · June 2026
Rosewater is a coastal suburb of Port Adelaide Enfield.
Median house price
$965k37th pctile
of 426 priced SA suburbs
Household income
$1,314/wk38th pctile
of 1,632 SA suburbs
Amenity score
14/10059th pctile
of 711 rated SA suburbs
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). South Australia average of suburb medians: $1.2M.
How it compares
Median house price37th percentile
<$358k426 priced suburbs$2.9M+
Household income / wk38th percentile
<$450ABS Census 2021$3,749+
Percentiles rank this suburb against South Australia suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
3,582
Median age
39 yrs
Income / person / wk
$684
Household income / wk
$1,314
▼ 15% vs SA
Median rent / wk
$260
Mortgage / month
$1,430
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 919
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 908
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 929
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
6 m
range 4–9 m
Land below 5 m
4.1%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled. No open statutory flood or bushfire layer is published for South Australia yet.
Local amenities
Schools
2
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
2
Libraries
0
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.5 km
Nearest train
0.7 km
Nearest hospital
3.8 km
Distance to coast
1.9 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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 46%
- Top language at home
- Vietnamese · 3%
- No religion
- 46%
- Born overseas
- 28%
- English only at home
- 74%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 0 / 1 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 0 / 1
- Nearest secondary
- 0.5 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Port Adelaide Enfield
- Population / area
- 139,483 · 92 km²
- Density
- 1,519/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.74M/yr · $41/resident
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Hindmarsh
- Federal MP
- Mark Butler (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 66% 2PP
- State electorate
- Cheltenham
- State MP
- Joe Szakacs (ALP)
Comparable suburbs
Closest by median house price across SA.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); South Australia Valuer-General settled transfers (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.