North Adelaide vs Ovingham

Ovingham is the younger of the two, with a median age of 36 against 39 in North Adelaide. In North Adelaide, about half of households rent and most households are people living alone. In Ovingham, most households rent and about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in North Adelaide: a median of $1.59 million, against $965,000 in Ovingham, and rent is higher there too. North Adelaide is closer to the city centre: 2.4 km, against 4.8 km. On these figures, North Adelaide tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Ovingham suits 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

North Adelaide

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (27 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (5 vs 0)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (2 vs 0)
  • But Ovingham has more separate houses rather than flats (46% vs 21%)

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

First-home buyers

Ovingham

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($965,000 vs $1,592,500)
  • has cheaper units ($455,279 vs $648,000)
  • But North Adelaide leaves households under less mortgage stress (24% vs 30%)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Ovingham

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($300/wk vs $390/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

North Adelaide

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (2.4 km vs 4.8 km)
  • is more walkable (88/100 vs 79/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

North Adelaide

ahead on 5 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (4 vs 0)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 13%)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (79% vs 54%)

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

Investors

Ovingham

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (12.2% vs -1.8%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

North Adelaide Ovingham
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.

North Adelaide Ovingham
Walkability 88 / 79
North Adelaide — Walkability: 88/100 Ovingham — Walkability: 79/100
Safety 17 / 5
North Adelaide — Safety: 17/100 Ovingham — Safety: 5/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
North Adelaide — Low fire risk: 100/100 Ovingham — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 46 / 23
North Adelaide — Low flood risk: 46/100 Ovingham — Low flood risk: 23/100

Demographics

North Adelaide has more residents (6,823 vs 766); North Adelaide has higher household incomes ($97,084 vs $74,516).

North Adelaide Ovingham
Population 6,823
+89% vs other
 766
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -1.8% +12.2%
Median age 39 36
Median household income $97,084/yr
+23% vs other
 $74,516/yr
Median weekly rent $390/wk
+23% vs other
 $300/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

North Adelaide Ovingham
0-4 2.7% / 5.1%
North Adelaide — 0-4: 2.7% Ovingham — 0-4: 5.1%
5-14 4.8% / 11.2%
North Adelaide — 5-14: 4.8% Ovingham — 5-14: 11.2%
15-19 8.3% / 4.0%
North Adelaide — 15-19: 8.3% Ovingham — 15-19: 4.0%
20-24 12.2% / 7.3%
North Adelaide — 20-24: 12.2% Ovingham — 20-24: 7.3%
25-34 16.5% / 20.6%
North Adelaide — 25-34: 16.5% Ovingham — 25-34: 20.6%
35-44 11.0% / 14.8%
North Adelaide — 35-44: 11.0% Ovingham — 35-44: 14.8%
45-54 9.3% / 11.6%
North Adelaide — 45-54: 9.3% Ovingham — 45-54: 11.6%
55-64 10.7% / 11.7%
North Adelaide — 55-64: 10.7% Ovingham — 55-64: 11.7%
65-74 12.6% / 9.3%
North Adelaide — 65-74: 12.6% Ovingham — 65-74: 9.3%
75-84 8.0% / 2.6%
North Adelaide — 75-84: 8.0% Ovingham — 75-84: 2.6%
85+ 4.2% / 1.0%
North Adelaide — 85+: 4.2% Ovingham — 85+: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

North Adelaide 60.6% lone person
North Adelaide — Lone Person: 60.6% North Adelaide — Couple Families: 20.2% North Adelaide — One Parent Families: 7.7% North Adelaide — Group Household: 9.3% North Adelaide — Other Families: 2.3%
Ovingham 51.1% lone person
Ovingham — Lone Person: 51.1% Ovingham — Couple Families: 24.4% Ovingham — One Parent Families: 12.8% Ovingham — Group Household: 8.3% Ovingham — Other Families: 3.4%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

North Adelaide 48.2% renting
North Adelaide — Owned Outright: 34.1% North Adelaide — Mortgage: 17.7% North Adelaide — Renting: 48.2%
Ovingham 56.9% renting
Ovingham — Owned Outright: 17.9% Ovingham — Mortgage: 25.2% Ovingham — Renting: 56.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

North Adelaide Ovingham
Bachelor Degree 24.8% / 22.6%
North Adelaide — Bachelor Degree: 24.8% Ovingham — Bachelor Degree: 22.6%
Postgraduate Degree 13.4% / 7.7%
North Adelaide — Postgraduate Degree: 13.4% Ovingham — Postgraduate Degree: 7.7%
Certificate III & IV 7.2% / 8.6%
North Adelaide — Certificate III & IV: 7.2% Ovingham — Certificate III & IV: 8.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.6% / 6.5%
North Adelaide — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.6% Ovingham — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.6% / 4.6%
North Adelaide — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.6% Ovingham — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.8%).

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.

North Adelaide Ovingham
England 5.0% / 3.4%
North Adelaide — England: 5.0% Ovingham — England: 3.4%
India 2.5% / 2.5%
North Adelaide — India: 2.5% Ovingham — India: 2.5%
China 2.0% / 0.9%
North Adelaide — China: 2.0% Ovingham — China: 0.9%
Germany 0.8% / 1.3%
North Adelaide — Germany: 0.8% Ovingham — Germany: 1.3%
Pakistan — / 1.4%
North Adelaide — Pakistan: not among its largest Ovingham — Pakistan: 1.4%
New Zealand — / 1.2%
North Adelaide — New Zealand: not among its largest Ovingham — New Zealand: 1.2%
Malaysia 1.1% / —
North Adelaide — Malaysia: 1.1% Ovingham — Malaysia: not among its largest
Philippines 0.9% / —
North Adelaide — Philippines: 0.9% Ovingham — Philippines: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

North Adelaide 50.2% townhouses
North Adelaide — Townhouses: 50.2% North Adelaide — Houses: 21.3% North Adelaide — Flats / Apartments: 28.5%
Ovingham 32.4% townhouses
Ovingham — Townhouses: 32.4% Ovingham — Houses: 46.2% Ovingham — Flats / Apartments: 21.5%
Townhouses Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

North Adelaide Ovingham
Median house price $1,592,500 $965,000
Median unit price $648,000 $455,279
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 23 days
from 31 sales
 47 days
from 5 sales

Zoning mix

Ovingham has more commercially zoned land (17% vs 4%).

North Adelaide Ovingham
Residential 34% 83%
Parks and recreation 62% 0%
Commercial 4% 17%
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

North Adelaide Ovingham
New dwellings approved 349
across Adelaide
 1,636
across Charles Sturt
Approvals change year on year +1100% +109%

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.

North Adelaide Ovingham
Houses 3.0%
$900/wk on $1.57M
 —
Units 4.3%
$575/wk on $689K
 —

Ranking within SA

North Adelaide Ovingham
House price Higher than 95% of SA Higher than 62% of SA
Income Higher than 74% of SA Higher than 48% of SA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 97% of SA Higher than 92% of SA
Affordability Higher than 3% of SA Higher than 23% of SA
EV adoption Higher than 95% of SA Higher than 87% of SA
NBN connectivity Higher than 92% of SA Higher than 100% of SA
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 14% of SA —
Rental yield (units) Higher than 34% of SA —

Liveability

North Adelaide scores higher overall (76 vs 51); North Adelaide is more walkable (88 vs 79).

North Adelaide Ovingham
Grade A B
Score 76/100 51/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Ovingham carries more flood risk (77 vs 54); Ovingham carries more crime risk (95 vs 83).

North Adelaide Ovingham
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
83/100
 High
95/100
Flood Moderate
54/100
 High
77/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise High
70/100
 None
0/100
Industrial facilities nearby 11
within 5 km
 12
within 5 km

Schools

North Adelaide Ovingham
Inside the suburb 2 0
Rated above peers 2 0
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 3
Adelaide University, Adelaide City Campus, 2.4 km
 3
Adelaide University, Adelaide City Campus, 3.6 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 12.9% 3.8%

Schools in North Adelaide

  • North Adelaide Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • St Dominic's Priory College Catholic · Combined above peers

Schools in Ovingham

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

Amenities in the suburb

North Adelaide Ovingham
Supermarkets 2 0
Cafes & restaurants 52 1
Parks & reserves 27 1
Childcare 5 0
GPs 4 0
Pharmacies 2 0
Hospitals 3 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 2 0
Fuel stations 1 0
EV chargers 1 0
Waterways 3 0

Mobility

Ovingham sits further from the CBD (4.8 km vs 2.4 km).

North Adelaide Ovingham
Walkability score 88/100 79/100
Distance to Adelaide 2.4 km 4.8 km
+100% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 6 min 10 min
Public transport score 87/100
Rail · Bus
same for both
Peak arrivals per hour 692.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 36.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 2.1%
postcode 5006
 1.5%
postcode 5082
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 28
postcode 5006
 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.

North Adelaide Ovingham
Car (driver) 51.9% / 61.5%
North Adelaide — Car (driver): 51.9% Ovingham — Car (driver): 61.5%
Worked from Home 15.9% / 11.7%
North Adelaide — Worked from Home: 15.9% Ovingham — Worked from Home: 11.7%
Bus 9.7% / 16.0%
North Adelaide — Bus: 9.7% Ovingham — Bus: 16.0%
Walked Only 15.0% / 4.0%
North Adelaide — Walked Only: 15.0% Ovingham — Walked Only: 4.0%
Car (passenger) 4.0% / 3.4%
North Adelaide — Car (passenger): 4.0% Ovingham — Car (passenger): 3.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (61.5%).

Setting

North Adelaide Ovingham
Elevation 55 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 30 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 9.5 km 8.7 km

NBN connectivity

North Adelaide Ovingham
Connectivity score 79/100 100/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 13%
4,781 premises
 100%
436 premises

Climate

North Adelaide Ovingham
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)

North Adelaide Ovingham
PM2.5 6.0 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 17.8 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 1.12 pphm
same for both

Council rates

North Adelaide Ovingham
Average residential rate $2,331/yr $1,726/yr
Council Adelaide Charles Sturt

Federal electorate

North Adelaide Ovingham
Division Adelaide
same for both
Member Steve Georganas
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

North Adelaide Ovingham
Grant amount $15,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

North Adelaide

Inner Parks Premium Professionals Students Townhouses Transport Hub

Ovingham

Inner Parks Professionals Townhouses Transport Hub

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