Trott Park

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Demographics

Trott Park has a settled, family-heavy demographic shape: 48.8% of families are couples with children, 35.7% are couples without children, and average household size is 2.6. The median age is 39, 1 year below the national comparison, while university attainment is 29.4%, 0.7 percentage points below national. Overseas-born residents account for 22.0%, 0.4 points above national; Polish and Mandarin are recorded at 14 and 11 people. English, Scottish and Irish ancestry counts are 1,427, 341 and 291. No religion leads at 1,704, ahead of Christianity at 1,133. The 86.1% same-address share is higher than the 13.9% turnover rate, indicating strong local continuity.

Trott Park's housing profile is concentrated in detached stock: 97.5% of dwellings are separate houses and 2.5% are semi-detached, with 64.0% containing 3 bedrooms and 32.1% containing 4 or more. Tenure is mortgage-led, with 53.2% paying a mortgage, 32.3% owning outright and 13.1% renting. That jump makes price discipline important for buyers comparing Trott Park with Hallett Cove or Sheidow Park. Both housing-stress flags are false, with mortgage-to-income and rent-to-income each at 20.0%. The 3.3% vacancy rate makes rental availability worth checking.

Community Profile

Economy & Employment

Employment is anchored by healthcare, construction and education, which account for 22.6%, 12.4% and 11.9% of listed industry employment, followed by public administration at 8.2% and professional or technical work at 6.3%. The occupational mix includes 312 professionals, 264 trades workers, 256 clerical or administrative workers, 231 community or personal service workers and 140 managers. A 65.5% participation rate and 4.7% unemployment rate indicate an active labour market, while full-time employment is 57.7%. Household income sits at the 61.6th percentile. SEIFA is mixed: education and occupation rank in decile 5, economic resources in decile 8, relative disadvantage in decile 8 and combined advantage in decile 6. The two 8th-decile results are higher than the education and occupation result.

Source: ABS Census 2021

Full-time and part-time are shares of the employed. Source: ABS Census 2021

Transport to Work

Trott Park is best suited to residents comfortable with driving: 83.4% travel as car drivers, compared with 2.4% using public transport and 1.1% walking or cycling. A further 9.3% work from home, which can reduce commute frequency for some households. Safety is a relative strength, with 48 recorded incidents and a rate of 15.4 per 1,000 people, supporting a lower-crime profile. IRSAD is in decile 6 and IRSD in decile 8, placing relative disadvantage above the midpoint but combined advantage closer to the middle. Families should check exact school enrolment zones and nearby options across sectors by address, because access and travel times vary. With density of 1,039.8 people per square kilometre and a median age of 39, daily life is compact, settled and primarily road-based.

Population Forecast

Trott Park's growth outlook is gradual rather than explosive. The annual trend is 0.59%, and population change across the wider area is 6.8% over 10 years. Overseas migration is the primary growth driver, while the shift trajectory is Aging: the senior share is up 7.3 percentage points and the working share is down 3.7 points. This matters because demand may increasingly favour accessible, low-maintenance housing as the suburb ages. The current gentrification score is 0, lower than the shift profile score of 20; the current label is Not gentrifying, while the shift profile says Early signs. Thirty-four development applications in 12 months point to incremental infill rather than a wholesale reset.

Safety & Crime

Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria / SA Police

National Ranking iPercentile rank among ~15,000 AU suburbs. 90% = higher than 90% of suburbs

How Trott Park compares to ~15,000 Australian suburbs

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