Penfield Gardens is in Playford LGA, SA, postcode 5121, with population 304.
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Population movement supports a growth-led read.
Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,000/mo, while renters pay about $2,513/mo — renting runs $513/mo higher on these medians.
Penfield Gardens (postcode 5121) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Playford local government area. The area has roughly 304 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $83K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 23 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 11 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, labourers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Italian, Australian, English.
The current median weekly rent is $580. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,000.
Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Playford LGA is higher than average at 14,145 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +3.9% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Penfield Gardens is in the Playford Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5121. Council-level context for Playford LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Penfield Gardens is $580/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Penfield Gardens has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Penfield Gardens show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.