Cherryville vs Basket Range
Basket Range is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 48 in Cherryville. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Basket Range: a median of $1.05 million, against $618,000 in Cherryville, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Cherryville tends to suit people living alone, older residents, and buyers on a tighter budget.
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
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Cherryville carries lower crime risk (14/100 vs 41/100)
- Basket Range is already more of a family suburb (81% vs 62%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Cherryville
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($618,500 vs $1,050,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Cherryville
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (9% vs 18%)
- has cheaper rent ($175/wk vs $363/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Basket Range
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has a shorter drive in (31 min vs 43 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Cherryville
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (14/100 vs 41/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (23% vs 14%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Basket Range
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (23.8% vs -10.1%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Cherryville and Basket Range 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
Basket Range has more residents (364 vs 125); Basket Range rents higher ($363/wk vs $175/wk).
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 125 | 364 +191% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -10.1% | +23.8% |
| Median age | 48 | 43 |
| Median household income | $106,184/yr +3% vs other | $103,376/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $175/wk | $363/wk +107% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.1%).
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 (9.6%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.9%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $618,500 | $1,050,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 100% | 98% |
| Environmental | 0% | 2% |
| 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
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 95 across Adelaide Hills same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +53% same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 2% of SA | Higher than 44% of SA |
| Income | Higher than 84% of SA | Higher than 82% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 65% of SA | Higher than 67% of SA |
| Affordability | Higher than 98% of SA | Higher than 83% of SA |
| EV adoption | Higher than 96% of SA | — |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 33% of SA | Higher than 62% of SA |
Liveability
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Basket Range carries more crime risk (41 vs 14); Cherryville carries more bushfire risk (85 vs 66).
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 85/100 | Moderate 66/100 |
| Crime | Low 14/100 | Moderate 41/100 |
| 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 | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 Adelaide University, Magill Campus, 9.6 km | 1 Adelaide University, Magill Campus, 9.4 km |
Schools in Cherryville
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Basket Range
- Basket Range Primary School Government · Primary
Amenities in the suburb
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 3 | 2 |
| Waterways | 1 | 3 |
Mobility
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 10/100 | 13/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 23 km +8% vs other | 21.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 43 min | 31 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 2.4% postcode 5134 | 0.0% postcode 5138 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 83 postcode 5134 | 81 postcode 5138 |
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 (80.0%).
Setting
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 277 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 388 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 23.6 km | 24.2 km |
NBN connectivity
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 22/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 44 premises | 0% 158 premises |
Climate
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 921 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | — | 6.0 µg/m³ |
| PM10 | — | 17.8 µg/m³ |
| NO₂ | 0.51 pphm | 1.12 pphm |
Council rates
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,727/yr same for both | |
| Council | Adelaide Hills same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Mayo same for both | |
| Member | Rebekha Sharkie same for both | |
| Party | Centre Alliance same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Cherryville | Basket Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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