Monbulla vs Kalangadoo

In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Monbulla, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Monbulla tends to suit 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

Too close to call

Nothing among the 6 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

First-home buyers

Monbulla

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (11% vs 16%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

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

  • Monbulla has a bigger rental market to choose from (30% vs 18%)
  • Kalangadoo has cheaper rent ($161/wk vs $180/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Monbulla

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (257 min vs 272 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (392.5 km vs 414.6 km)
  • But Kalangadoo is more walkable (20/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Monbulla has more residents already 65 and over (28% vs 20%)
  • Kalangadoo is more walkable (20/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, 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

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

Monbulla Kalangadoo
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.

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Walkability 0 / 20
Monbulla — Walkability: 0/100 Kalangadoo — Walkability: 20/100
Safety 74 / 81
Monbulla — Safety: 74/100 Kalangadoo — Safety: 81/100
Low fire risk 21 / 23
Monbulla — Low fire risk: 21/100 Kalangadoo — Low fire risk: 23/100

Demographics

Kalangadoo has more residents (457 vs 122); Monbulla has higher household incomes ($69,316 vs $57,928).

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Population 122 457
+275% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -3.9% -3.4%
Median age 47 49
Median household income $69,316/yr
+16% vs other
 $57,928/yr
Median weekly rent $180/wk
+11% vs other
 $161/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Monbulla Kalangadoo
0-4 — / 1.8%
Monbulla — 0-4: not among its largest Kalangadoo — 0-4: 1.8%
5-14 18.9% / 12.3%
Monbulla — 5-14: 18.9% Kalangadoo — 5-14: 12.3%
15-19 6.6% / 4.6%
Monbulla — 15-19: 6.6% Kalangadoo — 15-19: 4.6%
20-24 4.9% / 5.0%
Monbulla — 20-24: 4.9% Kalangadoo — 20-24: 5.0%
25-34 3.3% / 8.3%
Monbulla — 25-34: 3.3% Kalangadoo — 25-34: 8.3%
35-44 13.9% / 11.6%
Monbulla — 35-44: 13.9% Kalangadoo — 35-44: 11.6%
45-54 18.9% / 16.8%
Monbulla — 45-54: 18.9% Kalangadoo — 45-54: 16.8%
55-64 7.4% / 17.5%
Monbulla — 55-64: 7.4% Kalangadoo — 55-64: 17.5%
65-74 16.4% / 14.4%
Monbulla — 65-74: 16.4% Kalangadoo — 65-74: 14.4%
75-84 11.5% / 4.8%
Monbulla — 75-84: 11.5% Kalangadoo — 75-84: 4.8%
85+ — / 0.9%
Monbulla — 85+: not among its largest Kalangadoo — 85+: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Monbulla 50.0% lone person
Monbulla — Lone Person: 50.0% Monbulla — Couple Families: 50.0% Monbulla — One Parent Families: 0.0% Monbulla — Other Families: 0.0% Monbulla — Group Household: 0.0%
Kalangadoo 44.6% lone person
Kalangadoo — Lone Person: 44.6% Kalangadoo — Couple Families: 32.1% Kalangadoo — One Parent Families: 16.1% Kalangadoo — Other Families: 3.6% Kalangadoo — Group Household: 3.6%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Other Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Monbulla 30.4% renting
Monbulla — Owned Outright: 41.3% Monbulla — Mortgage: 28.3% Monbulla — Renting: 30.4%
Kalangadoo 18.5% renting
Kalangadoo — Owned Outright: 49.1% Kalangadoo — Mortgage: 32.4% Kalangadoo — Renting: 18.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Monbulla 95.6% houses
Monbulla — Houses: 95.6% Monbulla — Flats / Apartments: 4.4%
Kalangadoo 99.4% houses
Kalangadoo — Houses: 99.4% Kalangadoo — Flats / Apartments: 0.6%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Certificate III & IV 16.4% / 16.4%
Monbulla — Certificate III & IV: 16.4% Kalangadoo — Certificate III & IV: 16.4%
Bachelor Degree 7.4% / 4.2%
Monbulla — Bachelor Degree: 7.4% Kalangadoo — Bachelor Degree: 4.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 2.5% / 4.2%
Monbulla — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 2.5% Kalangadoo — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.5%
Monbulla — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Kalangadoo — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.3%
Monbulla — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Kalangadoo — Postgraduate Degree: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.4%).

Property market

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Median house price — $365,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) — 63 days
from 3 sales

Zoning mix

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Rural and farming 99%
same for both
Environmental 1% 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

Monbulla Kalangadoo
New dwellings approved 31
across Wattle Range
same for both
Approvals change year on year +0%
same for both

Ranking within SA

Monbulla Kalangadoo
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 39% of SA Higher than 22% of SA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 29% of SA Higher than 71% of SA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 8% of SA —
NBN connectivity Higher than 42% of SA Higher than 53% of SA

Liveability

Kalangadoo is more walkable (20 vs 0).

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Bushfire High
79/100
 High
77/100
Crime Low
26/100
 Low
19/100
Flood —
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Monbulla

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

Schools in Kalangadoo

  • Kalangadoo Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Parks & reserves 2 1
Childcare 0 2
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Waterways 0 1

Mobility

Kalangadoo sits further from the CBD (414.6 km vs 392.5 km).

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Walkability score 0/100 20/100
Distance to Adelaide 392.5 km 414.6 km
+6% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 257 min 272 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 5277
 0.0%
postcode 5278
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 45
postcode 5277
 45
postcode 5278

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.

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Car (driver) 64.9% / 68.9%
Monbulla — Car (driver): 64.9% Kalangadoo — Car (driver): 68.9%
Worked from Home 28.1% / 18.6%
Monbulla — Worked from Home: 28.1% Kalangadoo — Worked from Home: 18.6%
Walked Only 7.0% / 5.6%
Monbulla — Walked Only: 7.0% Kalangadoo — Walked Only: 5.6%
Car (passenger) — / 6.8%
Monbulla — Car (passenger): not among its largest Kalangadoo — Car (passenger): 6.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (68.9%).

Setting

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Elevation 61 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 72 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Connectivity score 28/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
53 premises
 0%
258 premises

Climate

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Annual rainfall 556 mm 724 mm
Summer max (Jan) 27.4°C 25.8°C
Winter min (Jul) 5.3°C 5.8°C

Council rates

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Average residential rate $1,537/yr
same for both
Council Wattle Range
same for both

Federal electorate

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Division Barker
same for both
Member Tony Pasin
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Monbulla Kalangadoo
Grant amount $15,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Monbulla

Retirees Rural

Kalangadoo

Affordable Rural

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