Maslin Beach vs Port Willunga

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. Maslin Beach is closer to the city centre: 39.9 km, against 45.4 km. On these figures, Port Willunga tends to suit families with children.

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

Maslin Beach

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (41/100 vs 66/100)

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

First-home buyers

Maslin Beach

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper land ($597,500 vs $949,600)

Weighs house prices, land 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

Maslin Beach

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (39.9 km vs 45.4 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (40 min vs 45 min)
  • But Port Willunga is more walkable (41/100 vs 20/100)

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

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Maslin Beach carries lower crime risk (41/100 vs 66/100)
  • Port Willunga is more walkable (41/100 vs 20/100)

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

Investors

Maslin Beach

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (4.3% vs 3.6%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
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.

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Walkability 20 / 41
Maslin Beach — Walkability: 20/100 Port Willunga — Walkability: 41/100
Safety 59 / 34
Maslin Beach — Safety: 59/100 Port Willunga — Safety: 34/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Maslin Beach — Low fire risk: 100/100 Port Willunga — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Port Willunga has more residents (1,785 vs 1,213); Maslin Beach skews older (46 vs 44).

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Population 1,213 1,785
+47% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +5.3% +9.0%
Median age 46 44
Median household income $71,760/yr
+5% vs other
 $68,276/yr
Median weekly rent $335/wk
+2% vs other
 $328/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
0-4 3.1% / 4.9%
Maslin Beach — 0-4: 3.1% Port Willunga — 0-4: 4.9%
5-14 11.0% / 13.6%
Maslin Beach — 5-14: 11.0% Port Willunga — 5-14: 13.6%
15-19 7.3% / 4.8%
Maslin Beach — 15-19: 7.3% Port Willunga — 15-19: 4.8%
20-24 5.5% / 6.7%
Maslin Beach — 20-24: 5.5% Port Willunga — 20-24: 6.7%
25-34 9.9% / 9.9%
Maslin Beach — 25-34: 9.9% Port Willunga — 25-34: 9.9%
35-44 11.6% / 11.8%
Maslin Beach — 35-44: 11.6% Port Willunga — 35-44: 11.8%
45-54 15.1% / 14.5%
Maslin Beach — 45-54: 15.1% Port Willunga — 45-54: 14.5%
55-64 18.7% / 14.3%
Maslin Beach — 55-64: 18.7% Port Willunga — 55-64: 14.3%
65-74 12.3% / 13.0%
Maslin Beach — 65-74: 12.3% Port Willunga — 65-74: 13.0%
75-84 3.8% / 5.4%
Maslin Beach — 75-84: 3.8% Port Willunga — 75-84: 5.4%
85+ 1.9% / 1.6%
Maslin Beach — 85+: 1.9% Port Willunga — 85+: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Maslin Beach 39.9% lone person
Maslin Beach — Lone Person: 39.9% Maslin Beach — Couple Families: 38.2% Maslin Beach — One Parent Families: 18.2% Maslin Beach — Group Household: 2.0% Maslin Beach — Other Families: 1.7%
Port Willunga 39.2% lone person
Port Willunga — Lone Person: 39.2% Port Willunga — Couple Families: 32.6% Port Willunga — One Parent Families: 22.0% Port Willunga — Group Household: 4.6% Port Willunga — Other Families: 1.6%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Maslin Beach 22.5% renting
Maslin Beach — Owned Outright: 39.5% Maslin Beach — Mortgage: 38.0% Maslin Beach — Renting: 22.5%
Port Willunga 23.5% renting
Port Willunga — Owned Outright: 38.5% Port Willunga — Mortgage: 38.0% Port Willunga — Renting: 23.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Certificate III & IV 21.6% / 18.4%
Maslin Beach — Certificate III & IV: 21.6% Port Willunga — Certificate III & IV: 18.4%
Bachelor Degree 10.7% / 11.8%
Maslin Beach — Bachelor Degree: 10.7% Port Willunga — Bachelor Degree: 11.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.8% / 8.0%
Maslin Beach — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.8% Port Willunga — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0%
Postgraduate Degree 3.0% / 2.7%
Maslin Beach — Postgraduate Degree: 3.0% Port Willunga — Postgraduate Degree: 2.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.5% / 2.0%
Maslin Beach — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5% Port Willunga — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.6%).

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.

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
England 16.5% / 8.7%
Maslin Beach — England: 16.5% Port Willunga — England: 8.7%
New Zealand 1.5% / 0.6%
Maslin Beach — New Zealand: 1.5% Port Willunga — New Zealand: 0.6%
Scotland 0.8% / 0.8%
Maslin Beach — Scotland: 0.8% Port Willunga — Scotland: 0.8%
Germany 0.9% / 0.6%
Maslin Beach — Germany: 0.9% Port Willunga — Germany: 0.6%
Canada 0.7% / —
Maslin Beach — Canada: 0.7% Port Willunga — Canada: not among its largest
Netherlands — / 0.4%
Maslin Beach — Netherlands: not among its largest Port Willunga — Netherlands: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Maslin Beach 96.8% houses
Maslin Beach — Houses: 96.8% Maslin Beach — Flats / Apartments: 3.2% Maslin Beach — Townhouses: 0.0%
Port Willunga 94.9% houses
Port Willunga — Houses: 94.9% Port Willunga — Flats / Apartments: 1.3% Port Willunga — Townhouses: 3.8%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Median house price $915,000 $850,000
Median unit price — $875,000
Median land price $597,500 $949,600
Typical days to sell (houses) 24 days
from 13 sales
 36 days
from 12 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.

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
3 bed $840K / $770K
Maslin Beach — 3 bed: $840K (17 sales) Port Willunga — 3 bed: $770K (30 sales)

17 vs 30 sales

4 bed $955K / $880K
Maslin Beach — 4 bed: $955K (17 sales) Port Willunga — 4 bed: $880K (13 sales)

17 vs 13 sales

Zoning mix

Maslin Beach has more industrially zoned land (31% vs 0%); Maslin Beach has more rural and farming land (26% vs 0%).

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Residential 8% 51%
Parks and recreation 25% 37%
Industrial 31% 0%
Rural and farming 26% 0%
Environmental 11% 12%
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

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
New dwellings approved 1,367
across Onkaparinga
same for both
Approvals change year on year +58%
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.

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Houses 4.3%
$650/wk on $782K
 3.6%
$690/wk on $999K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within SA

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
House price Higher than 29% of SA Higher than 56% of SA
Income Higher than 45% of SA Higher than 38% of SA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 71% of SA Higher than 78% of SA
Affordability Higher than 60% of SA Higher than 21% of SA
EV adoption Higher than 79% of SA Higher than 69% of SA
NBN connectivity Higher than 98% of SA Higher than 99% of SA
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 80% of SA Higher than 34% of SA

Liveability

Port Willunga is more walkable (41 vs 20); Maslin Beach scores higher overall (52 vs 38).

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Grade B C
Score 52/100 38/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Port Willunga carries more crime risk (66 vs 41).

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
41/100
 Moderate
66/100
Flood — Moderate
53/100
Coastal erosion Moderate
43/100
 Low
26/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 6
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Maslin Beach

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

Schools in Port Willunga

  • Aldinga Payinthi College Government · Combined below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Cafes & restaurants 0 1
Parks & reserves 1
same for both
Waterways 2 0

Mobility

Port Willunga sits further from the CBD (45.4 km vs 39.9 km).

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Walkability score 20/100 41/100
Distance to Adelaide 39.9 km 45.4 km
+14% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 40 min 45 min
Public transport score 56/100
Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 17.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 33.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 1.1%
postcode 5170
 0.8%
postcode 5173
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 76
postcode 5170
 67
postcode 5173

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.

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Car (driver) 75.6% / 79.8%
Maslin Beach — Car (driver): 75.6% Port Willunga — Car (driver): 79.8%
Worked from Home 13.7% / 11.8%
Maslin Beach — Worked from Home: 13.7% Port Willunga — Worked from Home: 11.8%
Train 4.1% / 2.8%
Maslin Beach — Train: 4.1% Port Willunga — Train: 2.8%
Car (passenger) 3.4% / 2.5%
Maslin Beach — Car (passenger): 3.4% Port Willunga — Car (passenger): 2.5%
Walked Only 1.5% / 2.5%
Maslin Beach — Walked Only: 1.5% Port Willunga — Walked Only: 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (79.8%).

Setting

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Elevation 54 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 16 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 981 m
2.3 km to a named beach
 254 m

NBN connectivity

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Connectivity score 98/100 99/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 98%
637 premises
 99%
1,092 premises

Climate

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Annual rainfall 786 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
PM2.5 —
same for both
PM10 19.5 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.34 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Average residential rate $2,008/yr
same for both
Council Onkaparinga
same for both

Federal electorate

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Division Kingston Mayo
Member Amanda Rishworth Rebekha Sharkie
Party Australian Labor Party Centre Alliance

First Home Owner Grant

Maslin Beach Port Willunga
Grant amount $15,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Maslin Beach

Acreage Coastal Outer

Port Willunga

Coastal Large Blocks Outer Quiet

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