New Town vs Wallaroo Mines
New Town is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 46 in Wallaroo Mines. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in New Town: a median of $560,000, against $450,000 in Wallaroo Mines, though rent is higher in Wallaroo Mines. On these figures, Wallaroo Mines tends to suit 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
New Town
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (57/100 vs 76/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (63% vs 52%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Wallaroo Mines
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($450,000 vs $560,000)
Weighs house 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
New Town
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (46/100 vs 22/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
New Town
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (46/100 vs 22/100)
- carries lower crime risk (57/100 vs 76/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
New Town
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (4.6% vs -5.1%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
New Town and Wallaroo Mines 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
New Town has more residents (1,291 vs 408); New Town has higher household incomes ($63,492 vs $55,380).
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,291 +68% vs other | 408 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +4.6% | -5.1% |
| Median age | 42 | 46 |
| Median household income | $63,492/yr +13% vs other | $55,380/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $242/wk | $260/wk +7% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.9%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.8%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.6%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $560,000 | $450,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $570,000 | — |
Zoning mix
Wallaroo Mines has more land zoned for conservation (70% vs 0%); New Town has more rural and farming land (29% vs 0%).
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 0% | 70% |
| Residential | 53% | 29% |
| Rural and farming | 29% | 0% |
| Other and special use | 14% | 0% |
| Industrial | 3% | 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
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 232 across Copper Coast same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +142% same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 31% of SA | Higher than 21% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 79% of SA | Higher than 72% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 1% of SA same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 78% of SA | Higher than 74% of SA |
Liveability
New Town is more walkable (46 vs 22).
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 40/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Wallaroo Mines carries more crime risk (76 vs 57).
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Moderate 57/100 | High 76/100 |
| Flood | — same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 3 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 New Town
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Wallaroo Mines
- Wallaroo Mines Primary School Government · Primary below peers
Amenities in the suburb
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 2 | 0 |
| Childcare | 1 same for both | |
| GPs | 1 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 1 | 0 |
Mobility
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 46/100 | 22/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 153.8 km | 153.6 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 110 min | 111 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 5554 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 69 postcode 5554 same for both | |
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 (83.9%).
Setting
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 45 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 36 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 6.8 km | 7.7 km |
NBN connectivity
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 62/100 | 48/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 31% 574 premises | 8% 228 premises |
Climate
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 459 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 29.4°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 7.6°C same for both | |
Council rates
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,817/yr same for both | |
| Council | Copper Coast same for both | |
Federal electorate
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Grey same for both | |
| Member | Tom Venning same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| New Town | Wallaroo Mines | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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