[3] It is located about 10 kilometres east-north-east of the Adelaide city centre.

[4] Rostrevor is in the State House of Assembly Electoral district of Morialta and is in the Federal Division of Sturt.

[8] A new school, the Morialta Secondary College,[9] opened in 2023 in Rostrevor, built on the former Norwood Morialta High School's Middle Campus site.

[10] Campbelltown City Council has an active boundary change proposal in place to incorporate the Adelaide Hills Council part of Rostrevor along with part of neighbouring Woodforde into its boundaries.

[11] This is despite an overwhelming 65% majority of residents and ratepayers opposing it in a survey conducted in 2019.