Auldana vs Teringie
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Auldana, most households are couple families. In Teringie, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Auldana: a median of $2.02 million, against $1.34 million in Teringie, and rent is higher there too. Auldana is closer to the city centre: 9.1 km, against 10.9 km. On these figures, Teringie tends to suit people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget.
Auldana and Teringie are affluent Adelaide suburbs with notably different price points and walkability. Auldana commands a median house price of $2,025,000 and median weekly rent of $685, alongside a median household income of $134,784—substantially higher than Teringie's $1,327,500 and $115,180 respectively. Teringie is closer to the CBD at 10.9 km versus Auldana's 9.1 km, and has lower bushfire and crime risk scores. Auldana offers better walkability (50 versus 1) if proximity to amenities matters to you, though both suburbs rank in the top socio-economic decile.
Written by an AI language model from the figures below. Every number in it is checked against those figures before it is published.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
Auldana
ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (6 vs 0)
- carries lower crime risk (22/100 vs 33/100)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 80%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Teringie
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($1,342,000 vs $2,025,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Teringie
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has cheaper rent ($340/wk vs $685/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (15% vs 26%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Auldana
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (50/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Auldana
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (50/100 vs 0/100)
- carries lower crime risk (22/100 vs 33/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Auldana and Teringie drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Auldana rents higher ($685/wk vs $340/wk); Teringie has more residents (831 vs 629).
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 629 | 831 +32% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +0.6% | +1.3% |
| Median age | 48 | 46 |
| Median household income | $134,784/yr +15% vs other | $115,180/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $685/wk +50% vs other | $340/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.4%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.5%).
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (11.9%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $2,025,000 | $1,342,000 |
| Median unit price | — | $790,000 |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 5 days from 3 sales |
Zoning mix
Teringie has more land zoned for conservation (92% vs 7%).
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 7% | 92% |
| Residential | 89% | 8% |
| Commercial | 4% | 0% |
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 250 across Burnside | 95 across Adelaide Hills |
| Approvals change year on year | +32% | +53% |
Ranking within SA
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 90% of SA | Higher than 66% of SA |
| Income | Higher than 96% of SA | — |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 80% of SA | Higher than 41% of SA |
| Affordability | Higher than 36% of SA | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 93% of SA same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 88% of SA | Higher than 75% of SA |
Liveability
Auldana is more walkable (50 vs 0); Teringie scores higher overall (65 vs 57).
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | B same for both | |
| Score | 57/100 | 65/100 |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Teringie carries more crime risk (33 vs 22); Auldana carries more bushfire risk (83 vs 67).
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 83/100 | Moderate 67/100 |
| Crime | Low 22/100 | Low 33/100 |
| Flood | — | None 0/100 |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 3 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
| Universities within 10 km | 3 Adelaide University, Magill Campus, 1.5 km | 3 Adelaide University, Magill Campus, 2.6 km |
| Full-time students aged 15–24 | 3.2% | 3.5% |
Amenities in the suburb
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 6 | 0 |
| Waterways | 0 | 2 |
Mobility
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 50/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 9.1 km | 10.9 km +20% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 17 min | 20 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.8% postcode 5072 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 59 postcode 5072 same for both | |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.5%).
Setting
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 208 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 333 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 17.1 km | 18.2 km |
NBN connectivity
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 75/100 | 52/100 |
| Most common technology | Hybrid fibre-coaxial same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 243 premises | 0% 283 premises |
Climate
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 969 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 23.8°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 5.4°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.0 µg/m³ | — |
| PM10 | 17.8 µg/m³ | — |
| NO₂ | 1.12 pphm | 0.51 pphm |
Council rates
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,410/yr | $2,727/yr |
| Council | Burnside | Adelaide Hills |
Federal electorate
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Sturt | Mayo |
| Member | Claire Clutterham | Rebekha Sharkie |
| Party | Australian Labor Party | Centre Alliance |
First Home Owner Grant
| Auldana | Teringie | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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