Mount Pleasant vs Milendella
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. On these figures, Mount Pleasant tends to suit people living alone.
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
Mount Pleasant
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)
- has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Milendella
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (18% vs 25%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Milendella
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $250/wk)
Weighs rent.
Commuting to the city
Mount Pleasant
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (67.3 km vs 83.3 km)
- has a shorter drive in (69 min vs 81 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Too close to call
Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Mount Pleasant
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (3.7% vs -6.7%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Mount Pleasant and Milendella 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
Mount Pleasant rents higher ($250/wk vs $0/wk); Mount Pleasant has more residents (1,058 vs 56).
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,058 +95% vs other | 56 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +3.7% | -6.7% |
| Median age | 48 | 49 |
| Median household income | $68,692/yr +4% vs other | $66,248/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $250/wk (not reported on the other side) | — |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.2%).
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 (18.3%).
Property market
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $665,500 | — |
| Median unit price | $405,000 | — |
| Median land price | $1,125,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 30 days from 10 sales | — |
Zoning mix
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 98% | 100% |
| 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
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 180 across Barossa | 131 across Mid Murray |
| Approvals change year on year | -48% | -42% |
Ranking within SA
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 38% of SA | Higher than 34% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 31% of SA | Higher than 37% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 43% of SA | Higher than 67% of SA |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 60% of SA | Higher than 36% of SA |
Liveability
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 44/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 | below-average income decile 2/10 |
Risk profile
Mount Pleasant carries more bushfire risk (35 vs 0).
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 35/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | Low 23/100 | Low 29/100 |
| Flood | Low 17/100 | — |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant Primary School Government · Primary above peers
Schools in Milendella
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 3 | 0 |
| Childcare | 2 | 0 |
| GPs | 1 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 1 | 0 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 9 | 0 |
Mobility
Milendella sits further from the CBD (83.3 km vs 67.3 km).
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Adelaide | 67.3 km | 83.3 km +24% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 69 min | 81 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.4% postcode 5235 | 0.7% postcode 5237 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 78 postcode 5235 | 77 postcode 5237 |
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 (75.0%).
Setting
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 434 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 151 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 25/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 482 premises | 0% 21 premises |
Climate
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 921 mm | 337 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | — | 30.0°C |
| Winter min (Jul) | — | 5.7°C |
Council rates
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,247/yr | $2,037/yr |
| Council | Barossa | Mid Murray |
Federal electorate
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Barker same for both | |
| Member | Tony Pasin same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Mount Pleasant | Milendella | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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