Regency Park vs Prospect

Prospect is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 81 in Regency Park. In Prospect, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in Prospect: a median of $1.31 million, against $833,000 in Regency Park, though rent is higher in Regency Park. Prospect is closer to the city centre: 5.3 km, against 9.7 km. On these figures, Regency Park tends to suit older residents and 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

Prospect

ahead on 4 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (17 vs 0)
  • has more childcare (13 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (6 vs 0)

Weighs schools, crime, parks, and childcare.

First-home buyers

Regency Park

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($833,000 vs $1,310,000)

Weighs house prices.

Renters

Prospect

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (18% vs 62%)
  • has cheaper rent ($350/wk vs $450/wk)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Prospect

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (5.3 km vs 9.7 km)
  • is more walkable (91/100 vs 58/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Prospect

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (4 vs 0)
  • is more walkable (91/100 vs 58/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (79/100 vs 100/100)
  • But Regency Park has more residents already 65 and over (77% vs 14%)

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

Investors

Prospect

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (9.8% vs -55.2%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Regency Park Prospect
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.

Regency Park Prospect
Walkability 58 / 91
Regency Park — Walkability: 58/100 Prospect — Walkability: 91/100
Safety 0 / 21
Regency Park — Safety: 0/100 Prospect — Safety: 21/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Regency Park — Low fire risk: 100/100 Prospect — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 30 / 31
Regency Park — Low flood risk: 30/100 Prospect — Low flood risk: 31/100

Demographics

Prospect has more residents (14,584 vs 60); Prospect has higher household incomes ($104,052 vs $37,700).

Regency Park Prospect
Population 60 14,584
+24207% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -55.2% +9.8%
Median age 81 37
Median household income $37,700/yr $104,052/yr
+176% vs other
Median weekly rent $450/wk
+22% vs other
 $350/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Regency Park Prospect
0-4 — / 5.2%
Regency Park — 0-4: not among its largest Prospect — 0-4: 5.2%
5-14 — / 12.3%
Regency Park — 5-14: not among its largest Prospect — 5-14: 12.3%
15-19 — / 4.9%
Regency Park — 15-19: not among its largest Prospect — 15-19: 4.9%
20-24 — / 7.7%
Regency Park — 20-24: not among its largest Prospect — 20-24: 7.7%
25-34 — / 16.8%
Regency Park — 25-34: not among its largest Prospect — 25-34: 16.8%
35-44 — / 14.9%
Regency Park — 35-44: not among its largest Prospect — 35-44: 14.9%
45-54 — / 12.3%
Regency Park — 45-54: not among its largest Prospect — 45-54: 12.3%
55-64 6.7% / 11.7%
Regency Park — 55-64: 6.7% Prospect — 55-64: 11.7%
65-74 15.0% / 8.2%
Regency Park — 65-74: 15.0% Prospect — 65-74: 8.2%
75-84 21.7% / 3.9%
Regency Park — 75-84: 21.7% Prospect — 75-84: 3.9%
85+ 40.0% / 2.3%
Regency Park — 85+: 40.0% Prospect — 85+: 2.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (40.0%).

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.

Regency Park Prospect
China 20.0% / 1.7%
Regency Park — China: 20.0% Prospect — China: 1.7%
Vietnam 10.0% / 2.6%
Regency Park — Vietnam: 10.0% Prospect — Vietnam: 2.6%
India — / 5.8%
Regency Park — India: not among its largest Prospect — India: 5.8%
England — / 3.2%
Regency Park — England: not among its largest Prospect — England: 3.2%
Italy — / 1.8%
Regency Park — Italy: not among its largest Prospect — Italy: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.0%).

Qualifications

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

Regency Park Prospect
Bachelor Degree 13.3% / 21.1%
Regency Park — Bachelor Degree: 13.3% Prospect — Bachelor Degree: 21.1%
Certificate III & IV 8.3% / 9.7%
Regency Park — Certificate III & IV: 8.3% Prospect — Certificate III & IV: 9.7%
Postgraduate Degree — / 8.7%
Regency Park — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Prospect — Postgraduate Degree: 8.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma — / 7.6%
Regency Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest Prospect — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 3.2%
Regency Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Prospect — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.1%).

Property market

Regency Park Prospect
Median house price $833,000 $1,310,000
Median unit price — $607,000
Median land price — $800,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 24 days
from 3 sales
 19 days
from 106 sales

Zoning mix

Regency Park has more industrially zoned land (80% vs 2%); Prospect has more commercially zoned land (17% vs 0%).

Regency Park Prospect
Industrial 80% 2%
Residential 9% 79%
Commercial 0% 17%
Parks and recreation 11% 1%
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

Regency Park Prospect
New dwellings approved 1,176
across Port Adelaide Enfield
 203
across Prospect
Approvals change year on year +23% +757%

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.

Regency Park Prospect
Houses — 3.8%
$740/wk on $1.01M
Units — 5.3%
$595/wk on $588K

Ranking within SA

Regency Park Prospect
House price Higher than 15% of SA Higher than 80% of SA
Income Higher than 5% of SA Higher than 82% of SA
Schools — Higher than 64% of SA
Walkability Higher than 83% of SA Higher than 99% of SA
Affordability Higher than 10% of SA Higher than 32% of SA
EV adoption Higher than 55% of SA Higher than 87% of SA
NBN connectivity Higher than 96% of SA Higher than 99% of SA
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 42% of SA
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 79% of SA

Liveability

Prospect is more walkable (91 vs 58).

Regency Park Prospect
Grade — A
Score — 70/100
Socio-economic band — very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Regency Park carries more crime risk (100 vs 79).

Regency Park Prospect
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
100/100
 High
79/100
Flood High
70/100
 Moderate
69/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
 Moderate
50/100
Industrial facilities nearby 35
within 5 km
 27
within 5 km

Schools

Regency Park Prospect
Inside the suburb 0 6
Rated above peers 0 2
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 0 1
Universities within 10 km 3
Adelaide University, Mawson Lakes Campus, 6.8 km
 3
Adelaide University, Adelaide City Campus, 5.2 km

Schools in Regency Park

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

Schools in Prospect

  • Blackfriars Priory School Catholic · Combined above peers
  • Prospect Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Prescott College Independent · Secondary at peers
  • Rosary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Prospect North Primary School Government · Primary below peers
  • Sports College South Australia - North Adelaide Football Club Independent · Secondary

Amenities in the suburb

Regency Park Prospect
Supermarkets 0 5
Cafes & restaurants 0 22
Parks & reserves 0 17
Childcare 0 13
GPs 0 4
Pharmacies 0 4
Banks & Bank@Post 0 8
Fuel stations 1 3

Mobility

Regency Park sits further from the CBD (9.7 km vs 5.3 km).

Regency Park Prospect
Walkability score 58/100 91/100
Distance to Adelaide 9.7 km
+45% vs other
 5.3 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 16 min 12 min
Public transport score 79/100
Rail · Bus
 91/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 40.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 299.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 5010
 1.5%
postcode 5082
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 65
postcode 5010
 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.

Regency Park Prospect
Car (driver) 100.0% / 69.2%
Regency Park — Car (driver): 100.0% Prospect — Car (driver): 69.2%
Worked from Home — / 12.2%
Regency Park — Worked from Home: not among its largest Prospect — Worked from Home: 12.2%
Bus — / 8.5%
Regency Park — Bus: not among its largest Prospect — Bus: 8.5%
Car (passenger) — / 5.7%
Regency Park — Car (passenger): not among its largest Prospect — Car (passenger): 5.7%
Walked Only — / 2.2%
Regency Park — Walked Only: not among its largest Prospect — Walked Only: 2.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (100.0%).

Setting

Regency Park Prospect
Elevation 11 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 39 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 6.4 km 9.2 km

NBN connectivity

Regency Park Prospect
Connectivity score 88/100 99/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 52%
473 premises
 97%
7,328 premises

Climate

Regency Park Prospect
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)

Regency Park Prospect
PM2.5 —
same for both
PM10 —
same for both
NO₂ 0.51 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Regency Park Prospect
Average residential rate $1,311/yr $2,363/yr
Council Port Adelaide Enfield Prospect

Federal electorate

Regency Park Prospect
Division Adelaide
same for both
Member Steve Georganas
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Regency Park Prospect
Grant amount $15,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Regency Park

Inner Multicultural Retirees

Prospect

Easy Commute Inner Parks Professionals Transport Hub

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