Bordertown vs Wolseley
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Wolseley, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Bordertown tends to suit people living alone.
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
Bordertown
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)
- carries lower crime risk (51/100 vs 69/100)
- But Wolseley is already more of a family suburb (63% vs 50%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Bordertown has a bigger rental market to choose from (27% vs 16%)
- Wolseley has cheaper rent ($138/wk vs $220/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Bordertown
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (79/100 vs 20/100)
- has a shorter drive in (179 min vs 193 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (270.9 km vs 285.8 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Bordertown
ahead on 4 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more GPs (3 vs 0)
- is more walkable (79/100 vs 20/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 15%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Wolseley
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (15.0% vs 4.8%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Bordertown and Wolseley 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
Bordertown has more residents (3,095 vs 207); Bordertown rents higher ($220/wk vs $138/wk).
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,095 +93% vs other | 207 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +4.8% | +15.0% |
| Median age | 40 | 41 |
| Median household income | $74,828/yr +19% vs other | $60,632/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $220/wk +37% vs other | $138/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.1%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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 (3.2%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.6%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $335,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $48,500 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 29 days from 42 sales | — |
Zoning mix
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 94% | 99% |
| Residential | 2% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 1% | 0% |
| Industrial | 1% | 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
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 12 across Tatiara same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -33% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 5.4% $420/wk on $406K | — |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 50% of SA | Higher than 28% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 92% of SA | Higher than 71% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 4% of SA | — |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 73% of SA | Higher than 30% of SA |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 98% of SA | — |
Liveability
Bordertown is more walkable (79 vs 20).
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | B | — |
| Score | 51/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Wolseley carries more crime risk (69 vs 51).
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Moderate 51/100 | Moderate 69/100 |
| Flood | Low 35/100 | — |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 2 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 2 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 1 | 0 |
Schools in Bordertown
- Bordertown High School Government · Secondary at peers
- Bordertown Primary School Government · Primary below peers
Schools in Wolseley
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 1 | 0 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 3 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 3 | 2 |
| Childcare | 2 | 0 |
| GPs | 3 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 1 | 0 |
| Hospitals | 1 | 0 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 3 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 4 | 0 |
| EV chargers | 2 | 0 |
| Waterways | 10 | 0 |
Mobility
Wolseley sits further from the CBD (285.8 km vs 270.9 km).
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 79/100 | 20/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 270.9 km | 285.8 km +6% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 179 min | 193 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 5268 | 0.0% postcode 5269 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 58 postcode 5268 | 51 postcode 5269 |
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 (78.7%).
Setting
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 89 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 115 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 45/100 | 19/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Satellite (Sky Muster) |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 4% 1,614 premises | 0% 70 premises |
Council rates
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,656/yr same for both | |
| Council | Tatiara same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Barker same for both | |
| Member | Tony Pasin same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Bordertown | Wolseley | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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