Kadina vs Willamulka
Willamulka is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 49 in Kadina. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Kadina, about half of households are people living alone. In Willamulka, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Kadina tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Willamulka suits families with children and 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
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Kadina has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)
- Willamulka carries lower crime risk (25/100 vs 72/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Willamulka
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (7% vs 23%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Willamulka
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (7% vs 23%)
- has cheaper rent ($150/wk vs $250/wk)
- But Kadina has a bigger rental market to choose from (29% vs 13%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Kadina
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (52/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (107 min vs 117 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (151.5 km vs 163.8 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Kadina
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (52/100 vs 0/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (30% vs 5%)
- But Willamulka carries lower crime risk (25/100 vs 72/100)
Weighs 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
Kadina and Willamulka 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
Kadina has more residents (2,944 vs 65); Willamulka has higher household incomes ($107,224 vs $56,212).
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,944 +98% vs other | 65 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +3.3% | +0.0% |
| Median age | 49 | 34 |
| Median household income | $56,212/yr | $107,224/yr +91% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $250/wk +40% vs other | $150/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.6%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 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 (23.1%).
Property market
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $520,000 | — |
| Median unit price | $289,500 | — |
| Median land price | $187,500 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 48 days from 58 sales | — |
Zoning mix
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 91% | 100% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 4% | 0% |
| Residential | 2% | 0% |
| Environmental | 2% | 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
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 232 across Copper Coast same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +142% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3.2% $420/wk on $685K | — |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 21% of SA | — |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 81% of SA | Higher than 54% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 1% of SA same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 75% of SA | Higher than 49% of SA |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 21% of SA | — |
Liveability
Kadina is more walkable (52 vs 0).
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 38/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 | below-average income decile 3/10 |
Risk profile
Kadina carries more crime risk (72 vs 25).
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | High 72/100 | Low 25/100 |
| Flood | — same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 3 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 2 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Kadina
- Kadina Memorial School Government · Combined above peers
- Harvest Christian College Independent · Combined at peers
Schools in Willamulka
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 2 | 0 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 3 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 3 | 0 |
| Childcare | 2 | 0 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 5 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 4 | 0 |
Mobility
Willamulka sits further from the CBD (163.8 km vs 151.5 km).
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 52/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 151.5 km | 163.8 km +8% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 107 min | 117 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 5554 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 69 postcode 5554 same for both | |
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 (80.7%).
Setting
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 50 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 49 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 8.9 km | 18.2 km |
NBN connectivity
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 52/100 | 29/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 16% 1,728 premises | 0% 27 premises |
Climate
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 295 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 27.8°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 7.2°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,817/yr same for both | |
| Council | Copper Coast same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Grey same for both | |
| Member | Tom Venning same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Kadina | Willamulka | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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