Aberfoyle Park, SA

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan · Updated 1 June 2026

Aberfoyle Park is a hilly suburb in the Adelaide Hills, within the City of Onkaparinga, about 20 kilometres south of the city centre. In 1845 Christian Sauerbier, a German settler, bought land nearby at Happy Valley, and his family became known for fine stud stock and an orange grove; by 1856 he held eleven sections in the district. During the First World War, as anti-German feeling ran high, his son changed the family name to Aberfoyle, thought to recall the Scottish village where his father had once lived. The farmland was eventually given over to housing, and the suburb of Aberfoyle Park was proclaimed in 1980. It is built around a shopping centre known as The Hub, and is home to Aberfoyle Park High School, one of the largest public secondary schools in South Australia. Several primary schools share a single campus, and the suburb keeps parkland such as Thalassa Park among its hillside streets.

62/100

Suburb Score

More advantaged than the national average

Aberfoyle Park is more socio-economically advantaged than about 62% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1007, where about 1000 is the national average).

A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.

Aberfoyle Park at a glance

Population (2021): 11,234
Median age: 42
Median weekly household income: $1,765
SEIFA score: 1007
Coordinates: -35.0722, 138.5993

Aberfoyle Park demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Aberfoyle Park using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 27%, 14% of homes are rented, and 23% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age group	People	Share
Children (0–14)	1,929	17%
Youth (15–24)	1,298	12%
Young adults (25–44)	2,705	24%
Mid-life (45–64)	3,047	27%
Seniors (65+)	2,262	20%

Share of the 11,241 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Tenure	Dwellings	Share
Owned outright	1,411	34%
Owned with a mortgage	2,000	48%
Rented	595	14%

Dwelling type	Dwellings	Share
Houses	3,930	94%
Townhouses & semis	228	5%
Flats & apartments	0	0%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 4,161 occupied private dwellings in Aberfoyle Park.

Median weekly rent: $340
Median monthly mortgage: $1,517
Average household size: 2.6 people
Median weekly family income: $2,052
Median weekly personal income: $783

Community and culture

Born overseas: 2,479 (23%)
Speaks a language other than English at home: 1,076 (10%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander: 113 (1%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12: 5,241 (59%)
Labour-force participation: 64%
Unemployment rate: 4.6%
Employed full-time: 3,210
Employed part-time: 2,183

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.

Weather and climate in Aberfoyle Park

Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Aberfoyle Park is January (average daytime high around 27.9°C) and the coolest is July (around 14°C). The area receives roughly 711 mm of rain across the year.

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Rain
Jan	27.9°C	17.5°C	29 mm
Feb	26.5°C	17°C	29 mm
Mar	24.7°C	16°C	20 mm
Apr	21.4°C	14°C	51 mm
May	17.3°C	11.7°C	86 mm
Jun	14.8°C	9.6°C	100 mm
Jul	14°C	8.9°C	104 mm
Aug	14.7°C	8.8°C	95 mm
Sep	17.2°C	10.2°C	62 mm
Oct	20.5°C	11.9°C	52 mm
Nov	22.7°C	13.6°C	52 mm
Dec	25.6°C	15.6°C	31 mm

Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).

Common questions about Aberfoyle Park

Where is Aberfoyle Park?

Aberfoyle Park is a suburb of South Australia, Australia.

What is the population of Aberfoyle Park?

At the 2021 Census, Aberfoyle Park had a population of about 11,234.

Is Aberfoyle Park an advantaged area?

Aberfoyle Park has an ABS SEIFA score of 1007, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 62 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 62% of Australian suburbs.

What is the weather like in Aberfoyle Park?

Aberfoyle Park has average daytime highs of about 20.6°C and overnight lows of about 12.9°C, with roughly 711 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).

How big is Aberfoyle Park?

Aberfoyle Park is one of the most populous suburbs in South Australia — the 14th-largest by usual resident population at the 2021 Census (about 11,234 usual residents).

Where Aberfoyle Park ranks

Aberfoyle Park appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.