Roxby Downs, SA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
More advantaged than the national average
Roxby Downs is more socio-economically advantaged than about 60% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1004, 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 Roxby Downs 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 Roxby Downs 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
60/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (60/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
57/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $260 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 57% 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.
Roxby Downs at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 3,671
- Median age
- 30
- Median weekly household income
- $3,142
- SEIFA score
- 1004
- Local government area
- Roxby Downs
- Coordinates
- -30.5642, 136.9000
Map of Roxby Downs
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Housing & property in Roxby Downs
What it costs to live in Roxby Downs and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $260
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,517
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 29%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 67%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Roxby Downs demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Roxby Downs demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Roxby Downs 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 39% and 14% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 1,020 | 28% |
| Youth (15–24) | 401 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 1,433 | 39% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 768 | 21% |
| Seniors (65+) | 67 | 2% |
Share of the 3,689 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 78 | 7% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 259 | 22% |
| Rented | 802 | 67% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,156 | 96% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 33 | 3% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 1,199 occupied private dwellings in Roxby Downs.
- Average household size
- 2.7 people
- Median weekly family income
- $3,467
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,747
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 474 (14%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 305 (9%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 191 (5%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 1,271 (50%)
- Labour-force participation
- 79.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.2%
- Employed full-time
- 1,530
- Employed part-time
- 350
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.
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Common questions about Roxby Downs
Is Roxby Downs 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, Roxby Downs rates 59/100 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 Roxby Downs?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Roxby Downs was $260, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Roxby Downs?
Roxby Downs is a suburb of South Australia, Australia, in the Roxby Downs local government area.
What is the population of Roxby Downs?
At the 2021 Census, Roxby Downs had a population of about 3,671.
Is Roxby Downs an advantaged area?
Roxby Downs has an ABS SEIFA score of 1004, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 60 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 60% of Australian suburbs.
Does Roxby Downs have high household incomes?
Roxby Downs has one of the highest median weekly household incomes in South Australia — the 2nd-highest among suburbs with at least 1,000 residents at the 2021 Census ($3,142 per week).
Where Roxby Downs ranks
Roxby Downs appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
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