Suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Adelaide
Elizabeth leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 88% since 2021, from $276 to $520 a week. Kent Town leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 100% ($342 to $685). These 30 suburbs came from a field of 141 eligible Adelaide suburbs.
This ranking orders Adelaide suburbs by how much the median rent agreed on new leases has risen since 2021, for 3-bedroom houses and 2-bedroom units separately. The figures come from rental bond records, so they are what tenants signed up to pay, not what landlords advertised.
Advertised rents would have told a different story. Checked against bond records in October 2026, they roughly doubled the rise at the top of the Sydney list (Ermington: advertised +99%, agreed +44%), because suburbs where bigger, dearer homes now make up more of the listings looked like suburbs where rents had soared. The change compares the median of the four quarters of 2021 with the latest four, and every one of those quarters needs at least 10 new bonds.
Adelaide suburbs where 3-bedroom house rents rose most
Change in the median rent agreed on new leases of 3-bedroom houses, from 2021 to the latest four quarters.
Elizabeth
SA 5112 · 1,033 residents+88% since 2021 · $276 to $520 a week
Elizabeth North
SA 5113 · 3,588 residents+79% since 2021 · $275 to $491 a week
Smithfield
SA 5114 · 2,482 residents+76% since 2021 · $302 to $532 a week
Elizabeth Downs
SA 5113 · 5,160 residents+74% since 2021 · $288 to $500 a week
Salisbury
SA 5108 · 8,841 residents+71% since 2021 · $321 to $550 a week
Elizabeth Grove
SA 5112 · 2,531 residents+69% since 2021 · $286 to $485 a week
Craigmore
SA 5114 · 10,943 residents+67% since 2021 · $330 to $550 a week
Seaford
SA 5169 · 4,493 residents+67% since 2021 · $364 to $609 a week
Paralowie
SA 5108 · 17,504 residents+66% since 2021 · $346 to $575 a week
Salisbury North
SA 5108 · 10,683 residents+66% since 2021 · $325 to $540 a week
Salisbury East
SA 5109 · 9,273 residents+65% since 2021 · $360 to $592 a week
Richmond
SA 5033 · 3,474 residents+65% since 2021 · $415 to $686 a week
Parafield Gardens
SA 5107 · 18,467 residents+64% since 2021 · $365 to $600 a week
Reynella
SA 5161 · 4,836 residents+63% since 2021 · $368 to $600 a week
Pooraka
SA 5095 · 7,583 residents+62% since 2021 · $369 to $596 a week
Ranked from 141 qualifying suburbs.
Adelaide suburbs where 2-bedroom unit rents rose most
Change in the median rent agreed on new leases of 2-bedroom units, from 2021 to the latest four quarters.
Kent Town
SA 5067 · 1,443 residents+100% since 2021 · $342 to $685 a week
Findon
SA 5023 · 6,997 residents+83% since 2021 · $290 to $530 a week
Kilburn
SA 5084 · 5,633 residents+70% since 2021 · $286 to $488 a week
St Marys
SA 5042 · 3,010 residents+68% since 2021 · $274 to $460 a week
Salisbury
SA 5108 · 8,841 residents+66% since 2021 · $256 to $425 a week
Morphett Vale
SA 5162 · 24,002 residents+64% since 2021 · $292 to $479 a week
Glenelg North
SA 5045 · 6,594 residents+64% since 2021 · $316 to $519 a week
Kurralta Park
SA 5037 · 3,139 residents+64% since 2021 · $288 to $472 a week
Salisbury East
SA 5109 · 9,273 residents+63% since 2021 · $264 to $430 a week
Somerton Park
SA 5044 · 5,811 residents+63% since 2021 · $334 to $545 a week
St Peters
SA 5069 · 3,231 residents+62% since 2021 · $311 to $505 a week
Klemzig
SA 5087 · 6,713 residents+61% since 2021 · $295 to $476 a week
Hectorville
SA 5073 · 4,241 residents+61% since 2021 · $320 to $515 a week
Seaton
SA 5023 · 10,877 residents+60% since 2021 · $300 to $481 a week
Henley Beach
SA 5022 · 6,259 residents+59% since 2021 · $350 to $555 a week
Ranked from 64 qualifying suburbs.
Common questions about this ranking
What are the suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Adelaide?
Elizabeth leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 88% since 2021, from $276 to $520 a week. Kent Town leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 100% ($342 to $685). These 30 suburbs came from a field of 141 eligible Adelaide suburbs.
Are these advertised rents or rents people actually pay?
Rents people agreed to pay: every new lease lodges a bond with the state, and the bond record carries the weekly rent. Advertised rents were checked and not used. In October 2026 they roughly doubled the rise at the top of the Sydney list (Ermington: advertised +99%, agreed +44%), because suburbs where dearer homes now make up more of the listings looked like suburbs where rents had soared.
How is the rise measured?
The median rent of the four quarters of 2021 against the median of the latest four, for 3-bedroom houses and 2-bedroom units separately. Every one of those quarters needs at least 10 new bonds, so one thin quarter cannot put a suburb at the top.
Why is there no list for Melbourne, Perth, Canberra or Darwin?
Victoria publishes bond rents only for groups of suburbs, and the ACT and the Northern Territory publish none we can use. Western Australia's figures start in 2023, so they cannot be compared with 2021.
Same list in other cities
- Suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Sydney
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Rankings last computed 12 October 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.
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