Magill, SA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Magill is a foothills suburb about seven kilometres east of central Adelaide, straddling the City of Burnside and the City of Campbelltown near the base of the Mount Lofty Ranges. The Kaurna people, Traditional Owners of the Adelaide Plains, lived here for thousands of years among an open woodland of widely spaced gums. From 1838 the area grew as the Makgill Estate, taken up by two Scotsmen, Robert Cock and William Ferguson, who had met sailing to the new colony aboard HMS Buffalo and named it for Cock's trustee, David Makgill; the spelling softened to Magill in the late 1940s. Among the first of Adelaide's foothill villages to be subdivided, it became a district of vineyards and orchards strung along Magill Road, and it remains home to the historic Penfolds Magill Estate winery and a University of South Australia campus.
More advantaged than the national average
Magill is more socio-economically advantaged than about 76% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1034, 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.
Is Magill a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Magill from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
76/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (76/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
32/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $341 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 32% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Magill at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 9,693
- Median age
- 40
- Median weekly household income
- $1,616
- SEIFA score
- 1034
- Local government area
- Campbelltown (SA)
- Coordinates
- -34.9081, 138.6757
Map of Magill
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Housing & property in Magill
What it costs to live in Magill and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $341
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,950
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 64%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 30%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Magill demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Magill demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Magill 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 young adults (25–44) at 27% and 39% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 1,652 | 17% |
| Youth (15–24) | 1,211 | 12% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 2,665 | 27% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 2,322 | 24% |
| Seniors (65+) | 1,847 | 19% |
Share of the 9,697 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 1,255 | 33% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 1,210 | 31% |
| Rented | 1,149 | 30% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 2,670 | 69% |
| Townhouses & semis | 764 | 20% |
| Flats & apartments | 413 | 11% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 3,850 occupied private dwellings in Magill.
- Average household size
- 2.4 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,200
- Median weekly personal income
- $781
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 3,699 (39%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 3,378 (36%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 67 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 5,394 (70%)
- Labour-force participation
- 62.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1%
- Employed full-time
- 2,718
- Employed part-time
- 1,837
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 Magill
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Magill is January (average daytime high around 29.7°C) and the coolest is July (around 14.4°C). The area receives roughly 732 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.7°C | 17°C | 34 mm |
| Feb | 28.2°C | 16.4°C | 32 mm |
| Mar | 26°C | 15.4°C | 23 mm |
| Apr | 22.1°C | 13.5°C | 54 mm |
| May | 17.7°C | 11.2°C | 83 mm |
| Jun | 15.1°C | 9.3°C | 91 mm |
| Jul | 14.4°C | 8.5°C | 102 mm |
| Aug | 15.3°C | 8.4°C | 91 mm |
| Sep | 18°C | 9.7°C | 69 mm |
| Oct | 21.9°C | 11.5°C | 59 mm |
| Nov | 24.1°C | 13°C | 57 mm |
| Dec | 27.3°C | 15°C | 37 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Magill
Is Magill a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Magill rates 61/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Magill?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Magill was $341, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Magill?
Magill is a suburb of South Australia, Australia, in the Campbelltown (SA) local government area.
What is the population of Magill?
At the 2021 Census, Magill had a population of about 9,693.
Is Magill an advantaged area?
Magill has an ABS SEIFA score of 1034, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 76 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 76% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Magill?
Magill has average daytime highs of about 21.7°C and overnight lows of about 12.4°C, with roughly 732 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
How big is Magill?
Magill is one of the most populous suburbs in South Australia — the 22nd-largest by usual resident population at the 2021 Census (about 9,693 usual residents).
Where Magill ranks
Magill appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
- Largest suburbs in South Australia#22 of 25
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