Young Adelaide woman charged with stabbing 61-year-old to death

An 18-year-old woman has been charged with murder after a 61-year-old woman was stabbed to death in Adelaide.

Police were called to a home in Kilburn, in Adelaide's north, about 5pm last night after reports of a stabbing.

Paramedics tried to treat a 61-year-old woman who was found with "multiple injuries" but she died at the scene.

Police arrested an 18-year-old woman at her Kilburn home about 11pm.

She has been charged with murder and refused bail.

The 18-year-old will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday.