Medindie Gardens vs Prospect

Prospect is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 43 in Medindie Gardens. In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Medindie Gardens, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Medindie Gardens: a median of $2 million, against $1.31 million in Prospect, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Medindie Gardens tends to suit couples, while Prospect suits people living alone 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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Medindie Gardens carries lower crime risk (45/100 vs 79/100)
  • Prospect has more parks and reserves (17 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • Medindie Gardens leaves households under less mortgage stress (17% vs 22%)
  • Prospect has cheaper houses ($1,310,000 vs $2,000,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Prospect

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (36% vs 16%)
  • has cheaper rent ($350/wk vs $440/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Prospect

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (91/100 vs 74/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Prospect

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (4 vs 0)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (32% vs 11%)
  • is more walkable (91/100 vs 74/100)
  • But Medindie Gardens carries lower crime risk (45/100 vs 79/100)

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

Investors

Prospect

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (9.8% vs 3.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Medindie Gardens Prospect
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.

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Walkability 74 / 91
Medindie Gardens — Walkability: 74/100 Prospect — Walkability: 91/100
Safety 55 / 21
Medindie Gardens — Safety: 55/100 Prospect — Safety: 21/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Medindie Gardens — Low fire risk: 100/100 Prospect — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 77 / 31
Medindie Gardens — Low flood risk: 77/100 Prospect — Low flood risk: 31/100

Demographics

Prospect has more residents (14,584 vs 352); Medindie Gardens has higher household incomes ($154,752 vs $104,052).

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Population 352 14,584
+4043% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +3.5% +9.8%
Median age 43 37
Median household income $154,752/yr
+33% vs other
 $104,052/yr
Median weekly rent $440/wk
+20% vs other
 $350/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Medindie Gardens Prospect
0-4 4.8% / 5.2%
Medindie Gardens — 0-4: 4.8% Prospect — 0-4: 5.2%
5-14 13.1% / 12.3%
Medindie Gardens — 5-14: 13.1% Prospect — 5-14: 12.3%
15-19 7.1% / 4.9%
Medindie Gardens — 15-19: 7.1% Prospect — 15-19: 4.9%
20-24 5.7% / 7.7%
Medindie Gardens — 20-24: 5.7% Prospect — 20-24: 7.7%
25-34 8.0% / 16.8%
Medindie Gardens — 25-34: 8.0% Prospect — 25-34: 16.8%
35-44 11.6% / 14.9%
Medindie Gardens — 35-44: 11.6% Prospect — 35-44: 14.9%
45-54 10.8% / 12.3%
Medindie Gardens — 45-54: 10.8% Prospect — 45-54: 12.3%
55-64 17.3% / 11.7%
Medindie Gardens — 55-64: 17.3% Prospect — 55-64: 11.7%
65-74 13.9% / 8.2%
Medindie Gardens — 65-74: 13.9% Prospect — 65-74: 8.2%
75-84 5.4% / 3.9%
Medindie Gardens — 75-84: 5.4% Prospect — 75-84: 3.9%
85+ 1.4% / 2.3%
Medindie Gardens — 85+: 1.4% Prospect — 85+: 2.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Medindie Gardens 74.4% couple families
Medindie Gardens — Couple Families: 74.4% Medindie Gardens — Lone Person: 19.2% Medindie Gardens — One Parent Families: 6.4% Medindie Gardens — Group Household: 0.0% Medindie Gardens — Other Families: 0.0%
Prospect 42.9% couple families
Prospect — Couple Families: 42.9% Prospect — Lone Person: 35.1% Prospect — One Parent Families: 11.6% Prospect — Group Household: 8.4% Prospect — Other Families: 2.1%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Medindie Gardens 16.4% renting
Medindie Gardens — Owned Outright: 48.3% Medindie Gardens — Mortgage: 35.3% Medindie Gardens — Renting: 16.4%
Prospect 35.5% renting
Prospect — Owned Outright: 30.2% Prospect — Mortgage: 34.3% Prospect — Renting: 35.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Bachelor Degree 23.9% / 21.1%
Medindie Gardens — Bachelor Degree: 23.9% Prospect — Bachelor Degree: 21.1%
Certificate III & IV 8.5% / 9.7%
Medindie Gardens — Certificate III & IV: 8.5% Prospect — Certificate III & IV: 9.7%
Postgraduate Degree 8.5% / 8.7%
Medindie Gardens — Postgraduate Degree: 8.5% Prospect — Postgraduate Degree: 8.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.5% / 7.6%
Medindie Gardens — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.5% Prospect — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 4.5% / 3.2%
Medindie Gardens — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.5% Prospect — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.9%).

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.

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Vietnam 4.3% / 2.6%
Medindie Gardens — Vietnam: 4.3% Prospect — Vietnam: 2.6%
India — / 5.8%
Medindie Gardens — India: not among its largest Prospect — India: 5.8%
England 2.0% / 3.2%
Medindie Gardens — England: 2.0% Prospect — England: 3.2%
Italy 1.4% / 1.8%
Medindie Gardens — Italy: 1.4% Prospect — Italy: 1.8%
Greece 1.4% / 1.7%
Medindie Gardens — Greece: 1.4% Prospect — Greece: 1.7%
South Africa 1.7% / —
Medindie Gardens — South Africa: 1.7% Prospect — South Africa: not among its largest
China — / 1.7%
Medindie Gardens — China: not among its largest Prospect — China: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.8%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Medindie Gardens 88.9% houses
Medindie Gardens — Houses: 88.9% Medindie Gardens — Townhouses: 9.4% Medindie Gardens — Flats / Apartments: 1.7%
Prospect 67.9% houses
Prospect — Houses: 67.9% Prospect — Townhouses: 17.1% Prospect — Flats / Apartments: 15.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Median house price $2,000,000 $1,310,000
Median unit price — $607,000
Median land price — $800,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 19 days
from 106 sales

Zoning mix

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Residential 88% 79%
Commercial 12% 17%
Industrial 0% 2%
Parks and recreation 0% 1%
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

Medindie Gardens Prospect
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.

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Houses — 3.8%
$740/wk on $1.01M
Units — 5.3%
$595/wk on $588K

Ranking within SA

Medindie Gardens Prospect
House price Higher than 90% of SA Higher than 80% of SA
Income Higher than 98% of SA Higher than 82% of SA
Schools — Higher than 64% of SA
Walkability Higher than 90% of SA Higher than 99% of SA
Affordability Higher than 56% of SA Higher than 32% of SA
EV adoption Higher than 98% of SA Higher than 87% of SA
NBN connectivity Higher than 100% of SA Higher than 99% of SA
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 42% of SA
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 79% of SA

Liveability

Prospect is more walkable (91 vs 74).

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Grade — A
Score — 70/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Prospect carries more flood risk (69 vs 23); Prospect carries more crime risk (79 vs 45).

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
45/100
 High
79/100
Flood Low
23/100
 Moderate
69/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise Moderate
50/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 8
within 5 km
 27
within 5 km

Schools

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Inside the suburb 0 6
Rated above peers 0 2
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 0 1
Universities within 10 km 3
Adelaide University, Adelaide City Campus, 4.1 km
 3
Adelaide University, Adelaide City Campus, 5.2 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 5.4% 3.9%

Schools in Medindie Gardens

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

Schools in Prospect

  • Blackfriars Priory School Catholic · Combined above peers
  • Prospect Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Prescott College Independent · Secondary at peers
  • Rosary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Prospect North Primary School Government · Primary below peers
  • Sports College South Australia - North Adelaide Football Club Independent · Secondary

Amenities in the suburb

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Supermarkets 0 5
Cafes & restaurants 0 22
Parks & reserves 0 17
Childcare 0 13
GPs 0 4
Pharmacies 0 4
Banks & Bank@Post 0 8
Fuel stations 0 3

Mobility

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Walkability score 74/100 91/100
Distance to Adelaide 5 km 5.3 km
+6% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 11 min 12 min
Public transport score 42/100
Bus
 91/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 11.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 299.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 4 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 2.8%
postcode 5081
 1.5%
postcode 5082
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 53
postcode 5081
 50
postcode 5082

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.

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Car (driver) 70.7% / 69.2%
Medindie Gardens — Car (driver): 70.7% Prospect — Car (driver): 69.2%
Worked from Home 14.6% / 12.2%
Medindie Gardens — Worked from Home: 14.6% Prospect — Worked from Home: 12.2%
Car (passenger) 9.6% / 5.7%
Medindie Gardens — Car (passenger): 9.6% Prospect — Car (passenger): 5.7%
Bus 1.9% / 8.5%
Medindie Gardens — Bus: 1.9% Prospect — Bus: 8.5%
Walked Only 3.2% / 2.2%
Medindie Gardens — Walked Only: 3.2% Prospect — Walked Only: 2.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (70.7%).

Setting

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Elevation 57 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 39 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 10.7 km 9.2 km

NBN connectivity

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Connectivity score 100/100 99/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 100%
145 premises
 97%
7,328 premises

Climate

Medindie Gardens Prospect
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)

Medindie Gardens Prospect
PM2.5 —
same for both
PM10 —
same for both
NO₂ 0.51 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Average residential rate $2,363/yr
same for both
Council Prospect
same for both

Federal electorate

Medindie Gardens Prospect
Division Adelaide
same for both
Member Steve Georganas
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Medindie Gardens

Inner Luxury Parks Professionals

Prospect

Easy Commute Inner Parks Professionals Transport Hub

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