Senior vs Pine Hill
Pine Hill is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 41 in Senior. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. On these figures, Senior tends to suit families with children, while Pine Hill suits young adults and couples.
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
Pine Hill
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 70/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 85%)
- But Senior has more parks and reserves (5 vs 2)
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
Pine Hill
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- has cheaper rent ($50/wk vs $240/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (3% vs 12%)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Pine Hill
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (197 min vs 244 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (288 km vs 296.8 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Senior has more residents already 65 and over (12% vs 4%)
- Pine Hill carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 70/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Pine Hill
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (15.8% vs 3.4%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Senior and Pine 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
Senior rents higher ($240/wk vs $50/wk); Senior has more residents (120 vs 66).
| Senior | Pine Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 120 +45% vs other | 66 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +3.4% | +15.8% |
| Median age | 41 | 34 |
| Median household income | $105,820/yr +5% vs other | $100,724/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $240/wk +79% vs other | $50/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (28.3%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.7%).
Zoning mix
| Senior | Pine 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
| Senior | Pine Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 12 across Tatiara same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -33% same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| Senior | Pine Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 83% of SA | Higher than 80% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 18% of SA | Higher than 41% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 4% of SA | — |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 31% of SA | Higher than 29% of SA |
Liveability
| Senior | Pine Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 | below-average income decile 2/10 |
Risk profile
Senior carries more crime risk (70 vs 48).
| Senior | Pine Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | High 70/100 | Moderate 48/100 |
| Flood | — same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Senior | Pine 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
| Senior | Pine Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 5 | 2 |
Mobility
Senior sits further from the CBD (296.8 km vs 288 km).
| Senior | Pine Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Adelaide | 296.8 km +3% vs other | 288 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 244 min | 197 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 5268 | 0.0% postcode 5269 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 58 postcode 5268 | 51 postcode 5269 |
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 (59.7%).
Setting
| Senior | Pine Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 114 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 100 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Senior | Pine Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 20/100 | 18/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 34 premises | 0% 22 premises |
Council rates
| Senior | Pine Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,656/yr same for both | |
| Council | Tatiara same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Senior | Pine Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Barker same for both | |
| Member | Tony Pasin same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Senior | Pine Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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