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.
Showing top 50 suburbs in South Australia
SA 5006
Annual growth
+169.4%
Median price
$4.3M
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SA 5062
Annual growth
+168.3%
Median price
$2.6M
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SA 5062
Annual growth
+126.2%
Median price
$2.5M
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SA 5031
Annual growth
+114.8%
Median price
$1.9M
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SA 5066
Annual growth
+110.5%
Median price
$2M
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SA 5045
Annual growth
+108.0%
Median price
$4.6M
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SA 5070
Annual growth
+99.6%
Median price
$1.8M
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SA 5035
Annual growth
+82.1%
Median price
$1.5M
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SA 5013
Annual growth
+80.0%
Median price
$1.4M
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SA 5014
Annual growth
+73.2%
Median price
$1.6M
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SA 5063
Annual growth
+72.9%
Median price
$1.6M
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SA 5035
Annual growth
+70.7%
Median price
$2.5M
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SA 5067
Annual growth
+67.2%
Median price
$2.2M
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SA 5062
Annual growth
+66.7%
Median price
$2.0M
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SA 5012
Annual growth
+66.7%
Median price
$920K
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SA 5067
Annual growth
+66.3%
Median price
$2.9M
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SA 5008
Annual growth
+64.0%
Median price
$1.2M
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SA 5011
Annual growth
+56.2%
Median price
$1.6M
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SA 5153
Annual growth
+55.2%
Median price
$1.3M
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SA 5064
Annual growth
+54.8%
Median price
$1.4M
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SA 5061
Annual growth
+52.6%
Median price
$3.1M
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SA 5037
Annual growth
+51.8%
Median price
$1.5M
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SA 5007
Annual growth
+51.0%
Median price
$1.5M
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SA 5081
Annual growth
+50.5%
Median price
$2.3M
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SA 5015
Annual growth
+47.6%
Median price
$1M
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SA 5062
Annual growth
+47.5%
Median price
$2.2M
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SA 5070
Annual growth
+44.9%
Median price
$1.9M
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SA 5152
Annual growth
+44.0%
Median price
$1.4M
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SA 5165
Annual growth
+41.6%
Median price
$1.1M
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SA 5082
Annual growth
+39.4%
Median price
$1.3M
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SA 5035
Annual growth
+38.8%
Median price
$2.2M
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SA 5040
Annual growth
+38.8%
Median price
$1.5M
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SA 5153
Annual growth
+38.2%
Median price
$1.3M
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SA 5049
Annual growth
+37.6%
Median price
$1.9M
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SA 5070
Annual growth
+36.1%
Median price
$2.1M
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SA 5063
Annual growth
+36.1%
Median price
$1.6M
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SA 5007
Annual growth
+35.9%
Median price
$1.4M
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SA 5050
Annual growth
+35.8%
Median price
$1.3M
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SA 5064
Annual growth
+35.5%
Median price
$2.2M
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SA 5007
Annual growth
+33.9%
Median price
$1.2M
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SA 5033
Annual growth
+33.7%
Median price
$1.3M
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SA 5038
Annual growth
+33.4%
Median price
$1.5M
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SA 5033
Annual growth
+33.3%
Median price
$1.3M
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SA 5025
Annual growth
+33.2%
Median price
$1.3M
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SA 5072
Annual growth
+33.0%
Median price
$1.3M
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SA 5085
Annual growth
+32.8%
Median price
$1.3M
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SA 5019
Annual growth
+31.8%
Median price
$1.3M
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SA 5068
Annual growth
+31.7%
Median price
$2.3M
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SA 5032
Annual growth
+31.6%
Median price
$1.2M
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SA 5000
Annual growth
+31.2%
Median price
$1.6M
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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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