New Town vs Wallaroo

New Town is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 57 in Wallaroo. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Wallaroo, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, New Town tends to suit families with children, while Wallaroo suits people living alone and older residents.

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

  • is already more of a family suburb (63% vs 41%)
  • carries lower crime risk (57/100 vs 72/100)
  • But Wallaroo has more schools inside the suburb (2 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 3 things we measure here

  • New Town leaves households under less mortgage stress (22% vs 30%)
  • Wallaroo has cheaper land ($232,500 vs $570,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

New Town

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (20% vs 28%)

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

Commuting to the city

New Town

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (110 min vs 117 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (153.8 km vs 160.6 km)
  • But Wallaroo is more walkable (71/100 vs 46/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Wallaroo

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (3 vs 1)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (35% vs 20%)
  • is more walkable (71/100 vs 46/100)
  • But New Town carries lower crime risk (57/100 vs 72/100)

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

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

New Town Wallaroo
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.

New Town Wallaroo
Walkability 46 / 71
New Town — Walkability: 46/100 Wallaroo — Walkability: 71/100
Safety 43 / 28
New Town — Safety: 43/100 Wallaroo — Safety: 28/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
New Town — Low fire risk: 100/100 Wallaroo — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Wallaroo has more residents (3,699 vs 1,291); New Town has higher household incomes ($63,492 vs $46,384).

New Town Wallaroo
Population 1,291 3,699
+187% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.6% +6.3%
Median age 42 57
Median household income $63,492/yr
+27% vs other
 $46,384/yr
Median weekly rent $242/wk $245/wk
+1% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

New Town Wallaroo
0-4 5.0% / 3.9%
New Town — 0-4: 5.0% Wallaroo — 0-4: 3.9%
5-14 14.3% / 8.9%
New Town — 5-14: 14.3% Wallaroo — 5-14: 8.9%
15-19 8.1% / 3.7%
New Town — 15-19: 8.1% Wallaroo — 15-19: 3.7%
20-24 3.4% / 3.4%
New Town — 20-24: 3.4% Wallaroo — 20-24: 3.4%
25-34 8.5% / 6.5%
New Town — 25-34: 8.5% Wallaroo — 25-34: 6.5%
35-44 13.7% / 8.7%
New Town — 35-44: 13.7% Wallaroo — 35-44: 8.7%
45-54 13.4% / 11.1%
New Town — 45-54: 13.4% Wallaroo — 45-54: 11.1%
55-64 13.2% / 18.3%
New Town — 55-64: 13.2% Wallaroo — 55-64: 18.3%
65-74 12.0% / 20.5%
New Town — 65-74: 12.0% Wallaroo — 65-74: 20.5%
75-84 6.7% / 11.5%
New Town — 75-84: 6.7% Wallaroo — 75-84: 11.5%
85+ 1.5% / 3.3%
New Town — 85+: 1.5% Wallaroo — 85+: 3.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

New Town 34.8% lone person
New Town — Lone Person: 34.8% New Town — Couple Families: 41.2% New Town — One Parent Families: 21.7% New Town — Group Household: 2.2% New Town — Other Families: 0.0%
Wallaroo 53.0% lone person
Wallaroo — Lone Person: 53.0% Wallaroo — Couple Families: 23.1% Wallaroo — One Parent Families: 17.8% Wallaroo — Group Household: 4.7% Wallaroo — Other Families: 1.4%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

New Town 23.9% renting
New Town — Owned Outright: 40.2% New Town — Mortgage: 35.9% New Town — Renting: 23.9%
Wallaroo 31.9% renting
Wallaroo — Owned Outright: 44.9% Wallaroo — Mortgage: 23.2% Wallaroo — Renting: 31.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

New Town Wallaroo
Certificate III & IV 19.1% / 17.5%
New Town — Certificate III & IV: 19.1% Wallaroo — Certificate III & IV: 17.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.1% / 5.6%
New Town — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.1% Wallaroo — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.6%
Bachelor Degree 4.8% / 4.1%
New Town — Bachelor Degree: 4.8% Wallaroo — Bachelor Degree: 4.1%
Postgraduate Degree 0.5% / 0.8%
New Town — Postgraduate Degree: 0.5% Wallaroo — Postgraduate Degree: 0.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 0.7% / 0.5%
New Town — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7% Wallaroo — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.1%).

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.

New Town Wallaroo
England 2.3% / 4.2%
New Town — England: 2.3% Wallaroo — England: 4.2%
Scotland 0.5% / 0.6%
New Town — Scotland: 0.5% Wallaroo — Scotland: 0.6%
New Zealand 0.3% / 0.6%
New Town — New Zealand: 0.3% Wallaroo — New Zealand: 0.6%
Netherlands — / 0.6%
New Town — Netherlands: not among its largest Wallaroo — Netherlands: 0.6%
Germany 0.5% / —
New Town — Germany: 0.5% Wallaroo — Germany: not among its largest
Sri Lanka 0.4% / —
New Town — Sri Lanka: 0.4% Wallaroo — Sri Lanka: not among its largest
Italy — / 0.4%
New Town — Italy: not among its largest Wallaroo — Italy: 0.4%
India 0.3% / —
New Town — India: 0.3% Wallaroo — India: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

New Town 97.9% houses
New Town — Houses: 97.9% New Town — Townhouses: 2.5% New Town — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Wallaroo 90.8% houses
Wallaroo — Houses: 90.8% Wallaroo — Townhouses: 7.0% Wallaroo — Flats / Apartments: 2.1%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

New Town Wallaroo
Median house price $560,000 $572,500
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $570,000 $232,500
Typical days to sell (houses) — 43 days
from 59 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.

New Town Wallaroo
3 bed $540K / $505K
New Town — 3 bed: $540K (18 sales) Wallaroo — 3 bed: $505K (58 sales)

18 vs 58 sales

4 bed $650K / $715K
New Town — 4 bed: $650K (9 sales) Wallaroo — 4 bed: $715K (31 sales)

9 vs 31 sales

5 bed $805K / $1.15M
New Town — 5 bed: $805K (5 sales) Wallaroo — 5 bed: $1.15M (9 sales)

5 vs 9 sales

Zoning mix

Wallaroo has more rural and farming land (65% vs 29%); Wallaroo has more land zoned for conservation (13% vs 0%).

New Town Wallaroo
Rural and farming 29% 65%
Residential 53% 11%
Other and special use 14% 0%
Environmental 0% 13%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 5%
Industrial 3% 5%
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
New dwellings approved 232
across Copper Coast
same for both
Approvals change year on year +142%
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.

New Town Wallaroo
Houses — 5.1%
$625/wk on $632K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within SA

New Town Wallaroo
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 31% of SA Higher than 11% of SA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 79% of SA Higher than 88% of SA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 1% of SA Higher than 13% of SA
NBN connectivity Higher than 78% of SA Higher than 74% of SA
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 96% of SA

Liveability

Wallaroo is more walkable (71 vs 46).

New Town Wallaroo
Grade C
same for both
Score 40/100
same for both
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
same for both

Risk profile

Wallaroo carries more crime risk (72 vs 57).

New Town Wallaroo
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
57/100
 High
72/100
Flood —
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
 High
73/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 3
within 5 km
 1
within 5 km

Schools

New Town Wallaroo
Inside the suburb 0 2
Rated above peers 0 1
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

  • Wallaroo Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • St Mary MacKillop School Catholic · Combined below peers

Amenities in the suburb

New Town Wallaroo
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 0 2
Parks & reserves 2 3
Childcare 1 3
GPs 1 3
Pharmacies 1
same for both
Hospitals 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 2
Waterways 1
same for both

Mobility

Wallaroo sits further from the CBD (160.6 km vs 153.8 km).

New Town Wallaroo
Walkability score 46/100 71/100
Distance to Adelaide 153.8 km 160.6 km
+4% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 110 min 117 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 5554
 0.1%
postcode 5556
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 69
postcode 5554
 69
postcode 5556

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.

New Town Wallaroo
Car (driver) 83.9% / 78.4%
New Town — Car (driver): 83.9% Wallaroo — Car (driver): 78.4%
Worked from Home 5.6% / 10.1%
New Town — Worked from Home: 5.6% Wallaroo — Worked from Home: 10.1%
Car (passenger) 7.3% / 6.0%
New Town — Car (passenger): 7.3% Wallaroo — Car (passenger): 6.0%
Walked Only 2.6% / 4.3%
New Town — Walked Only: 2.6% Wallaroo — Walked Only: 4.3%
Bus 0.6% / 0.9%
New Town — Bus: 0.6% Wallaroo — Bus: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (83.9%).

Setting

New Town Wallaroo
Elevation 45 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 15 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 6.8 km 527 m
551 m to a named beach

NBN connectivity

New Town Wallaroo
Connectivity score 62/100 47/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 31%
574 premises
 6%
2,545 premises

Climate

New Town Wallaroo
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
Average residential rate $1,817/yr
same for both
Council Copper Coast
same for both

Federal electorate

New Town Wallaroo
Division Grey
same for both
Member Tom Venning
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

New Town Wallaroo
Grant amount $15,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

New Town

Affordable Large Blocks River

Wallaroo

Acreage Affordable Beach Coastal Retirees

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