Brown Hill Creek vs Leawood Gardens
Brown Hill Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 36 against 44 in Leawood Gardens. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Brown Hill Creek, about half of households are couple families. In Leawood Gardens, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Brown Hill Creek tends to suit young adults, while Leawood Gardens suits people living alone and older residents.
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
Brown Hill Creek
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (5 vs 2)
- 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
Brown Hill Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (14% vs 20%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Leawood Gardens
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 14%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Brown Hill Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (42.0% vs -6.6%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Brown Hill Creek and Leawood Gardens 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
Leawood Gardens skews older (44 vs 36).
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 71 +20% vs other | 57 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +42.0% | -6.6% |
| Median age | 36 | 44 |
| Median household income | $147,316/yr +6% vs other | $138,632/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $275/wk +5% vs other | $260/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.5%).
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 (5.3%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.4%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $1,550,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 100% same for both | |
| 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
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 188 across Mitcham same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +32% same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 78% of SA |
| Income | Higher than 98% of SA | Higher than 96% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 62% of SA | Higher than 69% of SA |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 75% of SA |
| EV adoption | Higher than 96% of SA | — |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 72% of SA | Higher than 70% of SA |
Liveability
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Leawood Gardens carries more bushfire risk (84 vs 49).
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 49/100 | High 84/100 |
| Crime | High 80/100 | High 72/100 |
| Flood | — same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 1 within 5 km | 2 within 5 km |
Schools
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Tonsley, 7.4 km | 3 Adelaide University, Magill Campus, 6.9 km |
Amenities in the suburb
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 5 | 2 |
| Waterways | 7 | 0 |
Mobility
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 10/100 | 15/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 11.1 km | 11.9 km +7% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 23 min | 20 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 2.5% postcode 5062 | — |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 63 postcode 5062 | — |
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 (100.0%).
Setting
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 240 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 359 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 12.6 km | 14.4 km |
NBN connectivity
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 41/100 | 31/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 24 premises | 0% 22 premises |
Climate
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.0 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 17.8 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 1.12 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,296/yr same for both | |
| Council | Mitcham same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Boothby same for both | |
| Member | Louise Miller-Frost same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Brown Hill Creek | Leawood Gardens | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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