Somerton Park vs Glenelg East

Glenelg East is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 48 in Somerton Park. In both, most households own their home and about half of households are people living alone. In Somerton Park, most homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in Somerton Park: a median of $2.04 million, against $1.53 million in Glenelg East. Glenelg East is closer to the city centre: 10.5 km, against 12.4 km. On these figures, Glenelg East tends to suit 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

Somerton Park

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
  • carries lower crime risk (38/100 vs 52/100)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (62% vs 48%)
  • But Glenelg East has more parks and reserves (5 vs 2)

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

First-home buyers

Glenelg East

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($1,535,000 vs $2,042,500)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Commuting to the city

Glenelg East

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (93/100 vs 84/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Somerton Park carries lower crime risk (38/100 vs 52/100)
  • Glenelg East has more units and townhouses to downsize into (52% vs 38%)

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

Investors

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Somerton Park returns a higher gross yield on houses (3.2% vs 2.6%)
  • Glenelg East returns a higher gross yield on units (5.0% vs 4.2%)

Weighs house yield, unit yield, and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Somerton Park Glenelg East
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.

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Walkability 84 / 93
Somerton Park — Walkability: 84/100 Glenelg East — Walkability: 93/100
Safety 62 / 48
Somerton Park — Safety: 62/100 Glenelg East — Safety: 48/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Somerton Park — Low fire risk: 100/100 Glenelg East — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 13 / 13
Somerton Park — Low flood risk: 13/100 Glenelg East — Low flood risk: 13/100

Demographics

Somerton Park has more residents (5,811 vs 3,855); Somerton Park skews older (48 vs 43).

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Population 5,811
+34% vs other
 3,855
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.9% +2.6%
Median age 48 43
Median household income $84,916/yr $87,412/yr
+3% vs other
Median weekly rent $335/wk
+3% vs other
 $325/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Somerton Park Glenelg East
0-4 3.3% / 4.3%
Somerton Park — 0-4: 3.3% Glenelg East — 0-4: 4.3%
5-14 10.3% / 10.5%
Somerton Park — 5-14: 10.3% Glenelg East — 5-14: 10.5%
15-19 7.1% / 4.4%
Somerton Park — 15-19: 7.1% Glenelg East — 15-19: 4.4%
20-24 5.6% / 6.0%
Somerton Park — 20-24: 5.6% Glenelg East — 20-24: 6.0%
25-34 8.7% / 12.2%
Somerton Park — 25-34: 8.7% Glenelg East — 25-34: 12.2%
35-44 10.1% / 14.0%
Somerton Park — 35-44: 10.1% Glenelg East — 35-44: 14.0%
45-54 13.9% / 13.1%
Somerton Park — 45-54: 13.9% Glenelg East — 45-54: 13.1%
55-64 13.6% / 14.9%
Somerton Park — 55-64: 13.6% Glenelg East — 55-64: 14.9%
65-74 13.6% / 13.0%
Somerton Park — 65-74: 13.6% Glenelg East — 65-74: 13.0%
75-84 8.7% / 5.6%
Somerton Park — 75-84: 8.7% Glenelg East — 75-84: 5.6%
85+ 4.8% / 2.2%
Somerton Park — 85+: 4.8% Glenelg East — 85+: 2.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Somerton Park 47.6% lone person
Somerton Park — Lone Person: 47.6% Somerton Park — Couple Families: 36.6% Somerton Park — One Parent Families: 11.4% Somerton Park — Group Household: 3.7% Somerton Park — Other Families: 0.7%
Glenelg East 48.5% lone person
Glenelg East — Lone Person: 48.5% Glenelg East — Couple Families: 33.7% Glenelg East — One Parent Families: 11.4% Glenelg East — Group Household: 4.7% Glenelg East — Other Families: 1.7%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Somerton Park 25.5% renting
Somerton Park — Owned Outright: 42.9% Somerton Park — Mortgage: 31.6% Somerton Park — Renting: 25.5%
Glenelg East 32.9% renting
Glenelg East — Owned Outright: 35.2% Glenelg East — Mortgage: 31.9% Glenelg East — Renting: 32.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Bachelor Degree 18.4% / 20.4%
Somerton Park — Bachelor Degree: 18.4% Glenelg East — Bachelor Degree: 20.4%
Certificate III & IV 11.8% / 12.0%
Somerton Park — Certificate III & IV: 11.8% Glenelg East — Certificate III & IV: 12.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.4% / 9.3%
Somerton Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.4% Glenelg East — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.3%
Postgraduate Degree 6.5% / 5.7%
Somerton Park — Postgraduate Degree: 6.5% Glenelg East — Postgraduate Degree: 5.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.5% / 3.3%
Somerton Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5% Glenelg East — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.4%).

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.

Somerton Park Glenelg East
England 6.2% / 5.7%
Somerton Park — England: 6.2% Glenelg East — England: 5.7%
India 0.9% / 2.0%
Somerton Park — India: 0.9% Glenelg East — India: 2.0%
Scotland 1.0% / 0.8%
Somerton Park — Scotland: 1.0% Glenelg East — Scotland: 0.8%
New Zealand 0.8% / 0.9%
Somerton Park — New Zealand: 0.8% Glenelg East — New Zealand: 0.9%
South Africa 0.7% / 0.9%
Somerton Park — South Africa: 0.7% Glenelg East — South Africa: 0.9%
China 0.9% / —
Somerton Park — China: 0.9% Glenelg East — China: not among its largest
Nepal — / 0.9%
Somerton Park — Nepal: not among its largest Glenelg East — Nepal: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Somerton Park 62.5% houses
Somerton Park — Houses: 62.5% Somerton Park — Townhouses: 28.6% Somerton Park — Flats / Apartments: 8.9%
Glenelg East 47.6% houses
Glenelg East — Houses: 47.6% Glenelg East — Townhouses: 43.7% Glenelg East — Flats / Apartments: 8.6%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Median house price $2,042,500 $1,535,000
Median unit price $690,000 $675,000
Median land price $1,570,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 20 days
from 71 sales
 28 days
from 20 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.

Somerton Park Glenelg East
2 bed $1.15M / $992K
Somerton Park — 2 bed: $1.15M (8 sales) Glenelg East — 2 bed: $992K (6 sales)

8 vs 6 sales

3 bed $1.51M / $1.22M
Somerton Park — 3 bed: $1.51M (43 sales) Glenelg East — 3 bed: $1.22M (14 sales)

43 vs 14 sales

4 bed $2.25M / $1.9M
Somerton Park — 4 bed: $2.25M (62 sales) Glenelg East — 4 bed: $1.9M (11 sales)

62 vs 11 sales

Zoning mix

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Residential 86% 93%
Industrial 11% 1%
Parks and recreation 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

Somerton Park Glenelg East
New dwellings approved 287
across Holdfast Bay
same for both
Approvals change year on year +188%
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.

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Houses 3.2%
$900/wk on $1.48M
 2.6%
$675/wk on $1.35M
Units 4.2%
$588/wk on $724K
 5.0%
$580/wk on $607K

Ranking within SA

Somerton Park Glenelg East
House price Higher than 95% of SA Higher than 87% of SA
Income Higher than 63% of SA Higher than 65% of SA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 95% of SA Higher than 99% of SA
Affordability Higher than 2% of SA Higher than 11% of SA
EV adoption Higher than 81% of SA Higher than 87% of SA
NBN connectivity Higher than 84% of SA Higher than 87% of SA
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 19% of SA Higher than 8% of SA
Rental yield (units) Higher than 25% of SA Higher than 72% of SA

Liveability

Glenelg East is more walkable (93 vs 84).

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Grade A
same for both
Score 70/100
same for both
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
same for both

Risk profile

Glenelg East carries more crime risk (52 vs 38).

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Low
38/100
 Moderate
52/100
Flood High
87/100
same for both
Coastal erosion Low
11/100
 None
0/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 2
within 5 km
 3
within 5 km

Schools

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1
Universities within 10 km 2
Tonsley, 4.6 km
 3
Tonsley, 4.5 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 3.0% 2.7%

Schools in Somerton Park

  • Sacred Heart College - Marcellin Campus Catholic · Combined above peers

Schools in Glenelg East

  • Glenelg Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Supermarkets 1
same for both
Cafes & restaurants 3 2
Parks & reserves 2 5
Childcare 2 3
GPs 2
same for both
Pharmacies 0 2
Fuel stations 1
same for both

Mobility

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Walkability score 84/100 93/100
Distance to Adelaide 12.4 km
+15% vs other
 10.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 19 min 18 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
 80/100
Tram · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 73.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 123.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.2%
postcode 5044
 1.4%
postcode 5045
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 53
postcode 5044
 35
postcode 5045

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.

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Car (driver) 71.5% / 67.5%
Somerton Park — Car (driver): 71.5% Glenelg East — Car (driver): 67.5%
Worked from Home 15.8% / 14.8%
Somerton Park — Worked from Home: 15.8% Glenelg East — Worked from Home: 14.8%
Tram / Light Rail 1.6% / 5.7%
Somerton Park — Tram / Light Rail: 1.6% Glenelg East — Tram / Light Rail: 5.7%
Car (passenger) 3.5% / 3.8%
Somerton Park — Car (passenger): 3.5% Glenelg East — Car (passenger): 3.8%
Bus 2.6% / 2.3%
Somerton Park — Bus: 2.6% Glenelg East — Bus: 2.3%
Walked Only 1.4% / 3.2%
Somerton Park — Walked Only: 1.4% Glenelg East — Walked Only: 3.2%
Train 2.0% / 0.2%
Somerton Park — Train: 2.0% Glenelg East — Train: 0.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (71.5%).

Setting

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Elevation 13 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 11 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 874 m 1.4 km

NBN connectivity

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Connectivity score 73/100 75/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 1%
3,189 premises
 1%
1,988 premises

Climate

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Annual rainfall 394 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 28.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.8°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Somerton Park Glenelg East
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

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Average residential rate $2,095/yr
same for both
Council Holdfast Bay
same for both

Federal electorate

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Division Boothby
same for both
Member Louise Miller-Frost
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Somerton Park Glenelg East
Grant amount $15,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Somerton Park

Coastal Luxury Middle-Ring Retirees Townhouses

Glenelg East

Coastal Middle-Ring Parks Townhouses Trams Transport Hub

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