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SA · 1,624 suburbs · capital: ADL

SA

Property data for SA. Rent signals, largest suburbs, lower-price entries, the macro coverage picture, and a desk for ranking, comparing, and modelling without leaving the state.

SA sits inside the Australian section of QuickProperty, but its data does not behave uniformly. Price and rent coverage are stronger in metro markets, thinner in regional ones, and the state's median is only ever as honest as that coverage. This bulletin opens with the suburbs that anchor most decisions — the largest by population and the most affordable with real scale — before handing off to the full state browse view below.

Treat the medians as starting reads. Treat the suburb pages as where the work actually happens. Treat compare and the calculator as the stages where the shortlist gets stress-tested before listings.

State of the bulletin

Five readings from SA.

Suburbs indexed
1,624
Browsable from this bulletin.
Population indexed
1.8M
Across SA suburbs.
Median house
$1.10M
426 suburbs with price data.
D7 vs AU
Median rent /wk
$250
1,331 suburbs with rent data.
D5 vs AU
Median income
$743
Personal income, ABS Census base.
D5 vs AU
National positioning

Where SA sits among the states.

Median houseSA · 1st of 8
SA$1.10M
ACT$1.02M
NSW$975K
QLD$866K
WA$795K
VIC$725K
TAS$605K
NT$590K
Median rentSA · 6th of 8
ACT$447/wk
NSW$325/wk
QLD$280/wk
WA$271/wk
VIC$260/wk
SA$250/wk
TAS$250/wk
NT$202/wk
Gross yieldSA · 8th of 8
NT3.0%
TAS2.6%
VIC2.5%
QLD2.3%
ACT2.3%
WA2.1%
NSW1.9%
SA1.6%

Median house price, median weekly rent, and median gross yield across QuickProperty's eight state datasets. Coverage differs by state, so treat these as screening positions, not valuations.

Investor profile

Investor profile · SA

Owner-occupied 71%Rented 29%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared44.43961316440513%
59,278 of 133,390 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,359/yr
Landlords (rental income)133,390
Reported capital gains94,513
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

68% of homes here are owner-occupied and 28% rented, with 44% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 68% owner-occupier / 28% renter mix.

ABS Census 2021 tenure aggregated across the state's suburbs and ATO postcode rental statistics summed to state level. No state-level new-lending split is published; see the national page for lending flows.

State rent signals

SA rent pressure, stress, and investor screens.

Areas
665
Median rent
$550/wk
Latest period
Q1 2026
Confidence
665 strong · 0 usable

ADL price trend

Median house · Adelaide
$980K
+15.0% YoY · +2.5% QoQ
Median unit · Adelaide
$740K
+15.6% YoY · +0.7% QoQ

ADL rent trend

Median weekly rent · Adelaide
$554
+5.5% YoY · -6.7% QoQ
Median house weekly · Adelaide
$650
+1.6% YoY · +0.0% QoQ
Median unit weekly · Adelaide
$459
+12.0% YoY · -14.8% QoQ
Source: SA private rent report · suburb grain · Latest: Mar 2026
Population projection

SA projected to grow 10.1% by 2032.

ABS SA2-level projections rolled up to SA, sum of 170 SA2 areas (male + female across all age brackets, base year 2022).

Base · 2022
1,821,200

Projected total population, SA

+5y · 2027
1,936,426

+6.3% vs base

+10y · 2032
2,004,873

+10.1% vs base

Projected trajectory
2022–2032
Wholesale energy

SA NEM spot price tracks at $77/MWh, down 7% on a year ago.

AEMO 5-minute price + demand data for SA1, rolled to monthly averages over the last 13 months. Wholesale price is one of the larger inputs to retail electricity, ahead of network and retail margins.

Avg RRP · 2026-05
$77/MWh

-7.0% YoY

95th-pctile RRP
$170/MWh

Trades on the top 5% expensive intervals — the spike signal.

Peak demand
2,037 MW

Highest 5-min total demand in the month.

Solar adoption

SA postcodes leading on rooftop solar.

Top postcodes ranked by Clean Energy Regulator small-scale installs per 1,000 residents. SA cumulative: 458,185 installs across 343 postcodes, 3.01GW capacity, 26,357 added in the last 12 months.

See all SA solar rankings → · Battery adoption →

Suburb directory

Every SA suburb, A to Z.

1,624 SA suburbs indexed. Jump to a letter, then open a suburb for prices, rent, schools, demographics, and investment signals.

A 55 suburbs
B 136 suburbs
C 143 suburbs
D 35 suburbs
E 45 suburbs
F 39 suburbs
G 71 suburbs
H 71 suburbs
I 13 suburbs
J 11 suburbs
K 81 suburbs
L 54 suburbs
M 201 suburbs
N 56 suburbs
O 24 suburbs
P 140 suburbs
Q 3 suburbs
R 50 suburbs
S 129 suburbs
T 64 suburbs
U 14 suburbs
V 11 suburbs
W 149 suburbs
Y 28 suburbs
Z 1 suburb
FAQ

Four questions about SA.

  1. How many SA suburbs does QuickProperty cover?

    QuickProperty indexes 1,624 SA suburb pages, with 426 suburbs carrying house price coverage and 1,331 suburbs carrying rent coverage in the current processed dataset.

  2. What is the median house price in SA?

    Across SA suburbs with available house price data, the median house price shown on this hub is $1.10M. Treat it as a suburb-screening benchmark, not a property valuation.

  3. What is the median weekly rent in SA?

    Across SA suburbs with available rent data, the median weekly rent shown on this hub is $250/wk. Individual suburb pages may differ materially from the state-level benchmark.

  4. What should I do after browsing the SA hub?

    Start with the SA rent signal cards when rent pressure matters, open a large suburb for context, use rankings if the state still feels too broad, or move two to three candidates into compare once you have a realistic shortlist.