Capital-growth ranking · SA
The highest growth suburbs in South Australia.
Suburbs with the strongest annual house price growth over the past 12 months. Filtered to South Australia suburbs only.
About this ranking
Capital growth is the long-term wealth driver in property, and the gap between top-quartile and bottom-quartile suburbs is enormous. A suburb growing at 8% annually doubles in 9 years; one at 3% takes 24. We rank by 12-month annual house-price growth, with the caveat that recent growth doesn't perfectly predict the next decade.
South Australia property market in 2026
South Australia has been Australia's quiet achiever, without the boom-bust drama of Perth or the headline volatility of Sydney, Adelaide has compounded steady gains through five consecutive strong years. Median house prices sit around $720K to $800K in 2026 with rental vacancies under 1%, the tightest in the country. The fundamentals (controlled supply, defence-sector wage growth, rising interstate migration) are arguably the strongest in the country for a 5-10 year hold.
Buyer tip, SA
SA first home buyers pay no stamp duty on a new home, off-the-plan apartment or land to build, at any price, and can add a First Home Owner Grant of up to $15K. On an established home there's no first home relief, so buying new changes the maths more here than anywhere. HomeStart's Shared Equity Option can fund 5% to 25% of the price for households under its income limit.Watch out, SA
Adelaide's outer-northern suburbs (Elizabeth, Salisbury) have run faster than the broader market in the last two years and are now at price points where yield has compressed meaningfully. Stress-test the rental income before assuming the cashflow story holds.Methodology
Annual growth is the 12-month change in the suburb's median house price, measured on the same sales as the median. It is measured in New South Wales (Valuer General sales) and South Australia (SA Government quarterly medians); the other sources publish a median without a change, so those states are not ranked. A suburb is ranked only when its own page publishes the median: at least five recorded sales. A change beyond 25% in a year is left out as a small-sample artefact.Best for
Investors focused on capital appreciation; buyers willing to enter outer suburbs with strong fundamentals; buyers researching where the next wave of growth corridors might be.
Showing top 50 suburbs in South Australia
Ranked from 193 suburbs in South Australia with a published 12-month change. The change is measured on the same sales as the median. A change beyond 25% in a year is left out as a small-sample artefact. Prices are the SA Government's quarterly suburb medians.
SA 5050
Annual growth
+24.9%
Median price
$1.2M
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SA 5051
Annual growth
+24.7%
Median price
$1.2M
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SA 5076
Annual growth
+24.2%
Median price
$1.1M
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SA 5172
Annual growth
+23.8%
Median price
$1.2M
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SA 5024
Annual growth
+23.6%
Median price
$1.8M
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SA 5163
Annual growth
+23.4%
Median price
$785K
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SA 5086
Annual growth
+23.2%
Median price
$989K
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SA 5096
Annual growth
+22.8%
Median price
$890K
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SA 5118
Annual growth
+22.6%
Median price
$840K
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SA 5048
Annual growth
+22.5%
Median price
$1.6M
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SA 5173
Annual growth
+22.4%
Median price
$1.0M
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SA 5108
Annual growth
+22.3%
Median price
$820K
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SA 5015
Annual growth
+21.9%
Median price
$975K
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SA 5098
Annual growth
+21.8%
Median price
$895K
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SA 5113
Annual growth
+21.4%
Median price
$680K
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SA 5163
Annual growth
+21.2%
Median price
$800K
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SA 5013
Annual growth
+21.1%
Median price
$960K
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SA 5066
Annual growth
+20.8%
Median price
$2.1M
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SA 5038
Annual growth
+20.7%
Median price
$1.2M
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SA 5164
Annual growth
+20.7%
Median price
$788K
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SA 5112
Annual growth
+20.6%
Median price
$750K
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SA 5037
Annual growth
+20.6%
Median price
$1.2M
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SA 5052
Annual growth
+20.5%
Median price
$1.5M
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SA 5014
Annual growth
+20.3%
Median price
$1.1M
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SA 5109
Annual growth
+20.2%
Median price
$792K
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SA 5109
Annual growth
+20.1%
Median price
$841K
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SA 5047
Annual growth
+20.1%
Median price
$1.0M
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SA 5113
Annual growth
+19.7%
Median price
$671K
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SA 5052
Annual growth
+19.7%
Median price
$1.2M
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SA 5093
Annual growth
+19.6%
Median price
$960K
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SA 5097
Annual growth
+19.1%
Median price
$900K
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SA 5112
Annual growth
+19.0%
Median price
$865K
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SA 5109
Annual growth
+19.0%
Median price
$820K
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SA 5017
Annual growth
+18.9%
Median price
$895K
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SA 5107
Annual growth
+18.9%
Median price
$880K
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SA 5086
Annual growth
+18.8%
Median price
$924K
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SA 5114
Annual growth
+18.7%
Median price
$772K
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SA 5089
Annual growth
+18.6%
Median price
$1.2M
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SA 5169
Annual growth
+18.6%
Median price
$973K
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SA 5173
Annual growth
+18.5%
Median price
$925K
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SA 5114
Annual growth
+18.5%
Median price
$703K
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SA 5242
Annual growth
+18.4%
Median price
$1.0M
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SA 5110
Annual growth
+18.1%
Median price
$800K
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SA 5063
Annual growth
+18.1%
Median price
$1.8M
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SA 5109
Annual growth
+18.1%
Median price
$1.0M
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SA 5073
Annual growth
+17.9%
Median price
$1.2M
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SA 5039
Annual growth
+17.8%
Median price
$1.5M
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SA 5041
Annual growth
+17.5%
Median price
$1.4M
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SA 5075
Annual growth
+17.2%
Median price
$1.2M
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SA 5091
Annual growth
+17.1%
Median price
$875K
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Common questions
About this ranking
Does last year's growth predict next year's?
Weakly. Top-performing suburbs over rolling 12-month windows tend to revert toward state averages over 5-10 year horizons. The more durable predictors are population growth, infrastructure investment, supply constraint, and yield, not headline growth in the previous year. Use this ranking as a starting point, not a verdict.
Why are some growth numbers so high?
Outer-suburb and growth-corridor markets can show 15%+ annual growth when an under-supplied catchment meets a wave of buyer demand (e.g. Olympic infrastructure, a new train line, or a school catchment opening). These periods can persist for 2-3 years before normalising.
How do I tell sustainable growth from a bubble?
Look at supporting fundamentals: rising population, declining vacancy rates, infrastructure investment, and yields that aren't compressing too aggressively. If growth is happening but yield is staying constant or rising, supply is genuinely constrained. If yield is collapsing as prices rise, you're often looking at speculative inflows.
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