Kilkenny vs Woodville Gardens

Woodville Gardens is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 39 in Kilkenny. In Kilkenny, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Woodville Gardens, most households rent. Houses cost more in Kilkenny: a median of $860,000, against $551,000 in Woodville Gardens, and rent is higher there too. Kilkenny is closer to the city centre: 8 km, against 10.3 km. On these figures, Woodville Gardens tends to suit renters 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

Woodville Gardens

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (4 vs 1)
  • carries lower crime risk (82/100 vs 94/100)
  • But Kilkenny has more separate houses rather than flats (66% vs 52%)

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

First-home buyers

Woodville Gardens

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has cheaper units ($460,000 vs $855,000)
  • has cheaper houses ($551,000 vs $860,500)
  • But Kilkenny has cheaper land ($260,000 vs $520,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Woodville Gardens

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (56% vs 34%)
  • has cheaper rent ($250/wk vs $320/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Kilkenny

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • gets more of its commuters onto trains and trams (7% vs 1%)
  • sits closer to the CBD (8 km vs 10.3 km)
  • is more walkable (89/100 vs 80/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Woodville Gardens

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (2 vs 0)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (48% vs 34%)
  • carries lower crime risk (82/100 vs 94/100)
  • But Kilkenny has more residents already 65 and over (20% vs 14%)

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

Investors

Kilkenny

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (11.2% vs -1.3%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Kilkenny and Woodville 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.

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
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.

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Walkability 89 / 80
Kilkenny — Walkability: 89/100 Woodville Gardens — Walkability: 80/100
Safety 6 / 18
Kilkenny — Safety: 6/100 Woodville Gardens — Safety: 18/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Kilkenny — Low fire risk: 100/100 Woodville Gardens — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 29 / 27
Kilkenny — Low flood risk: 29/100 Woodville Gardens — Low flood risk: 27/100

Demographics

Woodville Gardens has more residents (2,412 vs 1,846); Kilkenny rents higher ($320/wk vs $250/wk).

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Population 1,846 2,412
+31% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +11.2% -1.3%
Median age 39 34
Median household income $72,748/yr
+19% vs other
 $58,708/yr
Median weekly rent $320/wk
+22% vs other
 $250/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
0-4 4.2% / 6.6%
Kilkenny — 0-4: 4.2% Woodville Gardens — 0-4: 6.6%
5-14 10.0% / 10.9%
Kilkenny — 5-14: 10.0% Woodville Gardens — 5-14: 10.9%
15-19 5.5% / 5.4%
Kilkenny — 15-19: 5.5% Woodville Gardens — 15-19: 5.4%
20-24 8.1% / 9.0%
Kilkenny — 20-24: 8.1% Woodville Gardens — 20-24: 9.0%
25-34 15.9% / 18.5%
Kilkenny — 25-34: 15.9% Woodville Gardens — 25-34: 18.5%
35-44 13.2% / 13.2%
Kilkenny — 35-44: 13.2% Woodville Gardens — 35-44: 13.2%
45-54 13.2% / 10.9%
Kilkenny — 45-54: 13.2% Woodville Gardens — 45-54: 10.9%
55-64 10.3% / 11.3%
Kilkenny — 55-64: 10.3% Woodville Gardens — 55-64: 11.3%
65-74 8.1% / 8.0%
Kilkenny — 65-74: 8.1% Woodville Gardens — 65-74: 8.0%
75-84 7.8% / 4.3%
Kilkenny — 75-84: 7.8% Woodville Gardens — 75-84: 4.3%
85+ 4.0% / 2.1%
Kilkenny — 85+: 4.0% Woodville Gardens — 85+: 2.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Kilkenny 36.6% lone person
Kilkenny — Lone Person: 36.6% Kilkenny — Couple Families: 34.8% Kilkenny — One Parent Families: 19.0% Kilkenny — Group Household: 6.9% Kilkenny — Other Families: 2.7%
Woodville Gardens 35.6% lone person
Woodville Gardens — Lone Person: 35.6% Woodville Gardens — Couple Families: 35.8% Woodville Gardens — One Parent Families: 19.7% Woodville Gardens — Group Household: 6.3% Woodville Gardens — Other Families: 2.7%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Kilkenny 34.5% renting
Kilkenny — Owned Outright: 33.9% Kilkenny — Mortgage: 31.6% Kilkenny — Renting: 34.5%
Woodville Gardens 55.5% renting
Woodville Gardens — Owned Outright: 20.2% Woodville Gardens — Mortgage: 24.4% Woodville Gardens — Renting: 55.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Bachelor Degree 15.9% / 11.2%
Kilkenny — Bachelor Degree: 15.9% Woodville Gardens — Bachelor Degree: 11.2%
Certificate III & IV 11.3% / 9.9%
Kilkenny — Certificate III & IV: 11.3% Woodville Gardens — Certificate III & IV: 9.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.5% / 5.8%
Kilkenny — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5% Woodville Gardens — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.8%
Postgraduate Degree 4.6% / 4.1%
Kilkenny — Postgraduate Degree: 4.6% Woodville Gardens — Postgraduate Degree: 4.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.0% / 1.0%
Kilkenny — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0% Woodville Gardens — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.9%).

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.

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Vietnam 7.4% / 17.8%
Kilkenny — Vietnam: 7.4% Woodville Gardens — Vietnam: 17.8%
India 4.3% / 11.0%
Kilkenny — India: 4.3% Woodville Gardens — India: 11.0%
England 2.1% / 1.3%
Kilkenny — England: 2.1% Woodville Gardens — England: 1.3%
Italy 3.0% / —
Kilkenny — Italy: 3.0% Woodville Gardens — Italy: not among its largest
Philippines 1.0% / 1.7%
Kilkenny — Philippines: 1.0% Woodville Gardens — Philippines: 1.7%
China 0.7% / 1.5%
Kilkenny — China: 0.7% Woodville Gardens — China: 1.5%
Greece 1.5% / —
Kilkenny — Greece: 1.5% Woodville Gardens — Greece: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.8%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Kilkenny 65.9% houses
Kilkenny — Houses: 65.9% Kilkenny — Townhouses: 21.6% Kilkenny — Flats / Apartments: 12.5%
Woodville Gardens 51.9% houses
Woodville Gardens — Houses: 51.9% Woodville Gardens — Townhouses: 32.8% Woodville Gardens — Flats / Apartments: 15.3%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Median house price $860,500 $551,000
Median unit price $855,000 $460,000
Median land price $260,000 $520,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 22 days
from 8 sales
 16 days
from 13 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.

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
2 bed $849K / $545K
Kilkenny — 2 bed: $849K (8 sales) Woodville Gardens — 2 bed: $545K (11 sales)

8 vs 11 sales

3 bed $895K / $548K
Kilkenny — 3 bed: $895K (17 sales) Woodville Gardens — 3 bed: $548K (26 sales)

17 vs 26 sales

Zoning mix

Kilkenny has more industrially zoned land (30% vs 0%); Kilkenny has more commercially zoned land (18% vs 2%).

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Residential 51% 98%
Industrial 30% 0%
Commercial 18% 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

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
New dwellings approved 1,636
across Charles Sturt
 1,176
across Port Adelaide Enfield
Approvals change year on year +109% +23%

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.

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Houses 4.5%
$650/wk on $750K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within SA

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
House price Higher than 30% of SA Higher than 18% of SA
Income — Higher than 26% of SA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 98% of SA Higher than 92% of SA
Affordability — Higher than 43% of SA
EV adoption Higher than 68% of SA Higher than 62% of SA
NBN connectivity Higher than 90% of SA Higher than 95% of SA
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 88% of SA —

Liveability

Kilkenny scores higher overall (48 vs 36); Kilkenny is more walkable (89 vs 80).

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Grade C
same for both
Score 48/100 36/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

Kilkenny carries more crime risk (94 vs 82).

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
94/100
 High
82/100
Flood High
71/100
 High
73/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 26
within 5 km
 36
within 5 km

Schools

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 3
Adelaide University, Adelaide City Campus, 7.0 km
 3
Adelaide University, Adelaide City Campus, 8.1 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 3.6% 3.8%

Schools in Kilkenny

  • Challa Gardens Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Schools in Woodville Gardens

  • Woodville Gardens School Birth-6 Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Supermarkets 3 0
Cafes & restaurants 4 1
Parks & reserves 1
same for both
Childcare 1 4
GPs 0 2
Pharmacies 1 3
Banks & Bank@Post 4 0
Fuel stations 1 0

Mobility

Woodville Gardens sits further from the CBD (10.3 km vs 8 km).

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Walkability score 89/100 80/100
Distance to Adelaide 8 km 10.3 km
+29% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 15 min 19 min
Public transport score 91/100
Rail · Bus
 78/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 96.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 57.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.7%
postcode 5009
 0.7%
postcode 5012
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 58
postcode 5009
 57
postcode 5012

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.

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Car (driver) 70.7% / 74.9%
Kilkenny — Car (driver): 70.7% Woodville Gardens — Car (driver): 74.9%
Worked from Home 9.0% / 4.9%
Kilkenny — Worked from Home: 9.0% Woodville Gardens — Worked from Home: 4.9%
Car (passenger) 6.0% / 7.1%
Kilkenny — Car (passenger): 6.0% Woodville Gardens — Car (passenger): 7.1%
Bus 4.0% / 8.7%
Kilkenny — Bus: 4.0% Woodville Gardens — Bus: 8.7%
Train 6.1% / 0.6%
Kilkenny — Train: 6.1% Woodville Gardens — Train: 0.6%
Walked Only 2.0% / 2.3%
Kilkenny — Walked Only: 2.0% Woodville Gardens — Walked Only: 2.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (74.9%).

Setting

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Elevation 13 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 14 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 6.3 km 6.6 km

NBN connectivity

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Connectivity score 76/100 86/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 39%
1,214 premises
 56%
1,301 premises

Climate

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
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)

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
PM2.5 — 4.5 µg/m³
PM10 — 20.3 µg/m³
NO₂ 0.51 pphm —

Council rates

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Average residential rate $1,726/yr $1,311/yr
Council Charles Sturt Port Adelaide Enfield

Federal electorate

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Division Adelaide
same for both
Member Steve Georganas
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Kilkenny Woodville Gardens
Grant amount $15,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Kilkenny

Inner Multicultural Townhouses Transport Hub

Woodville Gardens

Affordable Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Townhouses

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