Concordia vs Sandy Creek

Sandy Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 39 against 53 in Concordia. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Sandy Creek, the large majority of households are couple families. On these figures, Concordia tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Sandy Creek suits couples.

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

Sandy Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (88% vs 45%)

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

First-home buyers

Sandy Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (18% vs 31%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Concordia

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($330/wk vs $440/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Concordia sits closer to the CBD (58.8 km vs 61.8 km)
  • Sandy Creek is more walkable (17/100 vs 4/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Concordia has more residents already 65 and over (23% vs 10%)
  • Sandy Creek is more walkable (17/100 vs 4/100)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Sandy Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (21.6% vs -5.6%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Concordia Sandy Creek
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.

Concordia Sandy Creek
Walkability 4 / 17
Concordia — Walkability: 4/100 Sandy Creek — Walkability: 17/100
Safety 88 / 80
Concordia — Safety: 88/100 Sandy Creek — Safety: 80/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Concordia — Low fire risk: 100/100 Sandy Creek — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 67 / 87
Concordia — Low flood risk: 67/100 Sandy Creek — Low flood risk: 87/100

Demographics

Sandy Creek has more residents (360 vs 153); Sandy Creek has higher household incomes ($120,744 vs $84,500).

Concordia Sandy Creek
Population 153 360
+135% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -5.6% +21.6%
Median age 53 39
Median household income $84,500/yr $120,744/yr
+43% vs other
Median weekly rent $330/wk $440/wk
+33% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Concordia Sandy Creek
0-4 11.1% / 5.8%
Concordia — 0-4: 11.1% Sandy Creek — 0-4: 5.8%
5-14 6.5% / 14.4%
Concordia — 5-14: 6.5% Sandy Creek — 5-14: 14.4%
15-19 3.9% / 8.1%
Concordia — 15-19: 3.9% Sandy Creek — 15-19: 8.1%
20-24 3.3% / 5.8%
Concordia — 20-24: 3.3% Sandy Creek — 20-24: 5.8%
25-34 11.8% / 10.3%
Concordia — 25-34: 11.8% Sandy Creek — 25-34: 10.3%
35-44 12.4% / 10.3%
Concordia — 35-44: 12.4% Sandy Creek — 35-44: 10.3%
45-54 9.2% / 15.3%
Concordia — 45-54: 9.2% Sandy Creek — 45-54: 15.3%
55-64 19.6% / 20.0%
Concordia — 55-64: 19.6% Sandy Creek — 55-64: 20.0%
65-74 11.1% / 6.9%
Concordia — 65-74: 11.1% Sandy Creek — 65-74: 6.9%
75-84 11.8% / 3.6%
Concordia — 75-84: 11.8% Sandy Creek — 75-84: 3.6%
85+ — / —
Concordia — 85+: not among its largest Sandy Creek — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Concordia 35.5% couple families
Concordia — Couple Families: 35.5% Concordia — Lone Person: 35.5% Concordia — Group Household: 19.4% Concordia — One Parent Families: 9.7% Concordia — Other Families: 0.0%
Sandy Creek 80.8% couple families
Sandy Creek — Couple Families: 80.8% Sandy Creek — Lone Person: 8.2% Sandy Creek — Group Household: 0.0% Sandy Creek — One Parent Families: 6.8% Sandy Creek — Other Families: 4.1%
Couple Families Lone Person Group Household One Parent Families Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Concordia 15.4% renting
Concordia — Owned Outright: 40.4% Concordia — Mortgage: 44.2% Concordia — Renting: 15.4%
Sandy Creek 6.9% renting
Sandy Creek — Owned Outright: 33.6% Sandy Creek — Mortgage: 59.5% Sandy Creek — Renting: 6.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Concordia Sandy Creek
Certificate III & IV 24.2% / 21.9%
Concordia — Certificate III & IV: 24.2% Sandy Creek — Certificate III & IV: 21.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 11.1% / 10.0%
Concordia — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 11.1% Sandy Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.0%
Bachelor Degree 7.8% / 7.8%
Concordia — Bachelor Degree: 7.8% Sandy Creek — Bachelor Degree: 7.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.1%
Concordia — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Sandy Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.2%).

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.

Concordia Sandy Creek
England 11.1% / 5.3%
Concordia — England: 11.1% Sandy Creek — England: 5.3%
New Zealand 2.6% / —
Concordia — New Zealand: 2.6% Sandy Creek — New Zealand: not among its largest
Ireland 2.0% / —
Concordia — Ireland: 2.0% Sandy Creek — Ireland: not among its largest
South Africa — / 1.9%
Concordia — South Africa: not among its largest Sandy Creek — South Africa: 1.9%
Brazil — / 1.1%
Concordia — Brazil: not among its largest Sandy Creek — Brazil: 1.1%
Scotland — / 0.8%
Concordia — Scotland: not among its largest Sandy Creek — Scotland: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (11.1%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Concordia 100.0% houses
Concordia — Houses: 100.0%
Sandy Creek 100.0% houses
Sandy Creek — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Property market

Concordia Sandy Creek
Median house price — $752,500
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Sandy Creek has more rural and farming land (90% vs 62%).

Concordia Sandy Creek
Rural and farming 62% 90%
Residential 37% 1%
Environmental 0% 9%
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

Concordia Sandy Creek
New dwellings approved 180
across Barossa
same for both
Approvals change year on year -48%
same for both

Ranking within SA

Concordia Sandy Creek
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 60% of SA Higher than 93% of SA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 58% of SA Higher than 70% of SA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 56% of SA Higher than 60% of SA
NBN connectivity Higher than 74% of SA Higher than 51% of SA

Liveability

Sandy Creek is more walkable (17 vs 4).

Concordia Sandy Creek
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Concordia carries more flood risk (33 vs 13).

Concordia Sandy Creek
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Low
12/100
 Low
20/100
Flood Low
33/100
 Low
13/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
 3
within 5 km

Schools

Concordia Sandy Creek
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

Amenities in the suburb

Concordia Sandy Creek
Parks & reserves 0 1
Waterways 1 0

Mobility

Sandy Creek sits further from the CBD (61.8 km vs 58.8 km).

Concordia Sandy Creek
Walkability score 4/100 17/100
Distance to Adelaide 58.8 km 61.8 km
+5% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 52 min
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.6%
postcode 5118
 0.6%
postcode 5350
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 76
postcode 5118
 —
postcode 5350

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.

Concordia Sandy Creek
Car (driver) 80.4% / 78.8%
Concordia — Car (driver): 80.4% Sandy Creek — Car (driver): 78.8%
Worked from Home 10.7% / 14.1%
Concordia — Worked from Home: 10.7% Sandy Creek — Worked from Home: 14.1%
Car (passenger) 8.9% / 3.5%
Concordia — Car (passenger): 8.9% Sandy Creek — Car (passenger): 3.5%
Bus — / 1.8%
Concordia — Bus: not among its largest Sandy Creek — Bus: 1.8%
Walked Only — / 1.8%
Concordia — Walked Only: not among its largest Sandy Creek — Walked Only: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (80.4%).

Setting

Concordia Sandy Creek
Elevation 128 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 157 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 29.6 km 31.5 km

NBN connectivity

Concordia Sandy Creek
Connectivity score 48/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 26%
74 premises
 0%
133 premises

Climate

Concordia Sandy Creek
Annual rainfall 404 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.0°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.6°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Concordia Sandy Creek
PM2.5 5.5 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 18.7 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.31 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Concordia Sandy Creek
Average residential rate $2,247/yr
same for both
Council Barossa
same for both

Federal electorate

Concordia Sandy Creek
Division Spence Barker
Member Matt Burnell Tony Pasin
Party Australian Labor Party Liberal

First Home Owner Grant

Concordia Sandy Creek
Grant amount $15,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Concordia

Outer Young Families

Sandy Creek

Acreage Outer Quiet

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