Collinswood vs Nailsworth

Collinswood is the younger of the two, with a median age of 36 against 39 in Nailsworth. In both, most households own their home. In Nailsworth, most homes are detached houses and about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Collinswood: a median of $1.92 million, against $1.43 million in Nailsworth. On these figures, Collinswood tends to suit people living alone, while Nailsworth suits 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

Nailsworth

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more separate houses rather than flats (69% vs 47%)
  • is already more of a family suburb (60% vs 50%)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Nailsworth

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($1,430,000 vs $1,920,000)
  • has cheaper units ($605,000 vs $692,500)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Nailsworth

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (88/100 vs 74/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Collinswood has more units and townhouses to downsize into (53% vs 31%)
  • Nailsworth is more walkable (88/100 vs 74/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, 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

Collinswood and Nailsworth drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Collinswood Nailsworth
Hides rows where both suburbs match

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.

Collinswood Nailsworth
Walkability 74 / 88
Collinswood — Walkability: 74/100 Nailsworth — Walkability: 88/100
Safety 45 / 39
Collinswood — Safety: 45/100 Nailsworth — Safety: 39/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Collinswood — Low fire risk: 100/100 Nailsworth — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 78 / 47
Collinswood — Low flood risk: 78/100 Nailsworth — Low flood risk: 47/100

Demographics

Nailsworth has more residents (2,235 vs 1,496); Nailsworth skews older (39 vs 36).

Collinswood Nailsworth
Population 1,496 2,235
+49% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +8.1% +4.0%
Median age 36 39
Median household income $100,204/yr $107,068/yr
+7% vs other
Median weekly rent $300/wk
same for both

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Collinswood Nailsworth
0-4 5.3% / 5.9%
Collinswood — 0-4: 5.3% Nailsworth — 0-4: 5.9%
5-14 12.0% / 13.1%
Collinswood — 5-14: 12.0% Nailsworth — 5-14: 13.1%
15-19 5.7% / 6.7%
Collinswood — 15-19: 5.7% Nailsworth — 15-19: 6.7%
20-24 7.4% / 5.9%
Collinswood — 20-24: 7.4% Nailsworth — 20-24: 5.9%
25-34 17.5% / 12.1%
Collinswood — 25-34: 17.5% Nailsworth — 25-34: 12.1%
35-44 15.8% / 14.0%
Collinswood — 35-44: 15.8% Nailsworth — 35-44: 14.0%
45-54 11.6% / 15.3%
Collinswood — 45-54: 11.6% Nailsworth — 45-54: 15.3%
55-64 11.8% / 13.3%
Collinswood — 55-64: 11.8% Nailsworth — 55-64: 13.3%
65-74 7.7% / 9.2%
Collinswood — 65-74: 7.7% Nailsworth — 65-74: 9.2%
75-84 3.5% / 3.3%
Collinswood — 75-84: 3.5% Nailsworth — 75-84: 3.3%
85+ 2.2% / 1.3%
Collinswood — 85+: 2.2% Nailsworth — 85+: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Collinswood 40.3% couple families
Collinswood — Couple Families: 40.3% Collinswood — Lone Person: 43.5% Collinswood — One Parent Families: 10.2% Collinswood — Group Household: 6.0% Collinswood — Other Families: 0.0%
Nailsworth 48.2% couple families
Nailsworth — Couple Families: 48.2% Nailsworth — Lone Person: 33.8% Nailsworth — One Parent Families: 11.3% Nailsworth — Group Household: 5.1% Nailsworth — Other Families: 1.7%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Collinswood 43.0% renting
Collinswood — Owned Outright: 26.5% Collinswood — Mortgage: 30.6% Collinswood — Renting: 43.0%
Nailsworth 33.5% renting
Nailsworth — Owned Outright: 29.5% Nailsworth — Mortgage: 37.0% Nailsworth — Renting: 33.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Collinswood Nailsworth
Bachelor Degree 22.8% / 21.1%
Collinswood — Bachelor Degree: 22.8% Nailsworth — Bachelor Degree: 21.1%
Certificate III & IV 9.0% / 9.7%
Collinswood — Certificate III & IV: 9.0% Nailsworth — Certificate III & IV: 9.7%
Postgraduate Degree 10.2% / 7.7%
Collinswood — Postgraduate Degree: 10.2% Nailsworth — Postgraduate Degree: 7.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.2% / 7.4%
Collinswood — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.2% Nailsworth — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.8% / 2.9%
Collinswood — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.8% Nailsworth — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.8%).

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.

Collinswood Nailsworth
India 8.0% / 5.6%
Collinswood — India: 8.0% Nailsworth — India: 5.6%
England 4.1% / 3.9%
Collinswood — England: 4.1% Nailsworth — England: 3.9%
China 1.7% / 1.6%
Collinswood — China: 1.7% Nailsworth — China: 1.6%
Vietnam 1.0% / 1.4%
Collinswood — Vietnam: 1.0% Nailsworth — Vietnam: 1.4%
Nepal 2.3% / —
Collinswood — Nepal: 2.3% Nailsworth — Nepal: not among its largest
Italy 0.9% / 1.3%
Collinswood — Italy: 0.9% Nailsworth — Italy: 1.3%
Malaysia 1.2% / 0.9%
Collinswood — Malaysia: 1.2% Nailsworth — Malaysia: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (8.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Collinswood 46.8% houses
Collinswood — Houses: 46.8% Collinswood — Townhouses: 31.2% Collinswood — Flats / Apartments: 22.0%
Nailsworth 68.9% houses
Nailsworth — Houses: 68.9% Nailsworth — Townhouses: 20.3% Nailsworth — Flats / Apartments: 10.8%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Collinswood Nailsworth
Median house price $1,920,000 $1,430,000
Median unit price $692,500 $605,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 19 days
from 5 sales
 14 days
from 18 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Collinswood Nailsworth
3 bed $1.62M / $1.39M
Collinswood — 3 bed: $1.62M (8 sales) Nailsworth — 3 bed: $1.39M (19 sales)

8 vs 19 sales

4 bed $2.03M / $1.56M
Collinswood — 4 bed: $2.03M (12 sales) Nailsworth — 4 bed: $1.56M (10 sales)

12 vs 10 sales

Zoning mix

Collinswood Nailsworth
Residential 85% 80%
Commercial 6% 11%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 9%
Industrial 8% 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

Collinswood Nailsworth
New dwellings approved 203
across Prospect
same for both
Approvals change year on year +757%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Collinswood Nailsworth
Houses — 2.5%
$710/wk on $1.45M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within SA

Collinswood Nailsworth
House price Higher than 88% of SA Higher than 79% of SA
Income Higher than 79% of SA Higher than 84% of SA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 90% of SA Higher than 97% of SA
Affordability Higher than 16% of SA Higher than 38% of SA
EV adoption Higher than 99% of SA Higher than 82% of SA
NBN connectivity Higher than 100% of SA Higher than 99% of SA
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 7% of SA

Liveability

Nailsworth is more walkable (88 vs 74); Collinswood scores higher overall (82 vs 77).

Collinswood Nailsworth
Grade A
same for both
Score 82/100 77/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
same for both

Risk profile

Nailsworth carries more flood risk (53 vs 22).

Collinswood Nailsworth
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
55/100
 Moderate
61/100
Flood Low
22/100
 Moderate
53/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise Moderate
50/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 10
within 5 km
 18
within 5 km

Schools

Collinswood Nailsworth
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 3
Adelaide University, Adelaide City Campus, 4.7 km
 3
Adelaide University, Adelaide City Campus, 5.0 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 3.5% 3.4%

Schools in Collinswood

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Nailsworth

  • Nailsworth Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Collinswood Nailsworth
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 1 0
Parks & reserves 1
same for both
Childcare 2
same for both
Pharmacies 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 1
same for both

Mobility

Collinswood Nailsworth
Walkability score 74/100 88/100
Distance to Adelaide 5.7 km
same for both
Drive time (normal traffic) 12 min
same for both
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
 74/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 55.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 34.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 2.8%
postcode 5081
 1.3%
postcode 5083
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 53
postcode 5081
 47
postcode 5083

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.

Collinswood Nailsworth
Car (driver) 71.3% / 72.1%
Collinswood — Car (driver): 71.3% Nailsworth — Car (driver): 72.1%
Worked from Home 10.9% / 11.7%
Collinswood — Worked from Home: 10.9% Nailsworth — Worked from Home: 11.7%
Bus 9.2% / 6.8%
Collinswood — Bus: 9.2% Nailsworth — Bus: 6.8%
Car (passenger) 4.8% / 4.8%
Collinswood — Car (passenger): 4.8% Nailsworth — Car (passenger): 4.8%
Bicycle 2.9% / 2.0%
Collinswood — Bicycle: 2.9% Nailsworth — Bicycle: 2.0%
Walked Only 1.0% / 2.0%
Collinswood — Walked Only: 1.0% Nailsworth — Walked Only: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (72.1%).

Setting

Collinswood Nailsworth
Elevation 62 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 58 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 10.5 km 10.0 km

NBN connectivity

Collinswood Nailsworth
Connectivity score 100/100
same for both
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 100%
767 premises
 100%
1,004 premises

Climate

Collinswood Nailsworth
Annual rainfall 457 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 29.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 8.5°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Collinswood Nailsworth
PM2.5 —
same for both
PM10 —
same for both
NO₂ 0.51 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Collinswood Nailsworth
Average residential rate $2,363/yr
same for both
Council Prospect
same for both

Federal electorate

Collinswood Nailsworth
Division Adelaide
same for both
Member Steve Georganas
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Collinswood Nailsworth
Grant amount $15,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Collinswood

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Nailsworth

Inner Parks Premium Professionals Townhouses

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