Pages Flat vs Willunga Hill
Willunga Hill is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 44 in Pages Flat. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families.
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
Willunga Hill
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (22/100 vs 52/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Pages Flat
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (13% vs 18%)
- has cheaper rent ($265/wk vs $363/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Willunga Hill
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (53.1 km vs 55.8 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Pages Flat has more residents already 65 and over (18% vs 9%)
- Willunga Hill carries lower crime risk (22/100 vs 52/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Pages Flat
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (1.9% vs -5.7%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Pages Flat and Willunga Hill 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
Willunga Hill rents higher ($363/wk vs $265/wk); Pages Flat skews older (44 vs 41).
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 164 +9% vs other | 150 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +1.9% | -5.7% |
| Median age | 44 | 41 |
| Median household income | $109,200/yr +2% vs other | $106,860/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $265/wk | $363/wk +37% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.7%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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 (6.0%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.0%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — same for both | |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $2,100,000 | — |
Zoning mix
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 100% same for both | |
| 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
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 429 across Alexandrina same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +25% same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 86% of SA | Higher than 84% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 44% of SA | Higher than 19% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 88% of SA same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 43% of SA | Higher than 56% of SA |
Liveability
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Willunga Hill carries more bushfire risk (38 vs 0); Pages Flat carries more crime risk (52 vs 22).
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Low 38/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 52/100 | Low 22/100 |
| Flood | — same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 1 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Amenities in the suburb
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 1 |
Mobility
Pages Flat sits further from the CBD (55.8 km vs 53.1 km).
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Adelaide | 55.8 km +5% vs other | 53.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 50 min same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.5% postcode 5172 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 96 postcode 5172 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 (75.0%).
Setting
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 278 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 328 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 9.1 km | 12.5 km |
NBN connectivity
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 28/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 62 premises | 0% 50 premises |
Climate
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 786 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | — same for both | |
| PM10 | 19.5 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.34 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,523/yr same for both | |
| Council | Alexandrina same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Mayo same for both | |
| Member | Rebekha Sharkie same for both | |
| Party | Centre Alliance same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Pages Flat | Willunga Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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