Tea Tree Gully vs St Agnes
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Tea Tree Gully, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Tea Tree Gully: a median of $955,000, against $849,000 in St Agnes. St Agnes is closer to the city centre: 16.7 km, against 19.5 km.
Tea Tree Gully and St Agnes sit 2.8 km apart in Adelaide's northeast, but differ notably on livability and risk. St Agnes scores higher on walkability (60 vs 50) and liveability (52 vs 37), sits closer to the CBD (16.7 km vs 19.5 km), and has no bushfire risk compared to Tea Tree Gully's score of 86. Tea Tree Gully offers a higher median household income ($83,564 vs $80,964) and lower crime risk (37 vs 69), making it better suited to those prioritising safety and financial stability, while St Agnes appeals to buyers seeking walkability and proximity to the city.
Written by an AI language model from the figures below. Every number in it is checked against those figures before it is published.
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
Tea Tree Gully
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (35/100 vs 67/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
St Agnes
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- has cheaper land ($320,000 vs $553,500)
- has cheaper houses ($849,000 vs $955,000)
Weighs house prices, unit prices, land 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
St Agnes
ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (60/100 vs 50/100)
- has a shorter drive in (26 min vs 31 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (16.7 km vs 19.5 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Tea Tree Gully
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more GPs (2 vs 0)
- carries lower crime risk (35/100 vs 67/100)
- But St Agnes is more walkable (60/100 vs 50/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Tea Tree Gully
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (7.9% vs 2.4%)
Weighs house yield and population growth.
Where they sit
Tea Tree Gully and St Agnes 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
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,499 | 4,233 +21% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +7.9% | +2.4% |
| Median age | 44 same for both | |
| Median household income | $83,564/yr +3% vs other | $80,964/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $325/wk | $340/wk +5% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (13.5%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.6%).
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 (9.7%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $955,000 | $849,000 |
| Median unit price | $592,500 | $585,500 |
| Median land price | $553,500 | $320,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 20 days from 36 sales | 20 days from 34 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.
34 vs 59 sales
21 vs 28 sales
Zoning mix
Tea Tree Gully has more land zoned for conservation (63% vs 0%); St Agnes has more industrially zoned land (16% vs 0%).
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | 37% | 76% |
| Environmental | 63% | 0% |
| Industrial | 0% | 16% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 0% | 6% |
| Commercial | 0% | 2% |
| 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
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 574 across Tea Tree Gully same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +36% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3.5% $660/wk on $970K | 3.9% $650/wk on $875K |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 30% of SA | Higher than 21% of SA |
| Income | — | Higher than 55% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 80% of SA | Higher than 84% of SA |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 81% of SA |
| EV adoption | Higher than 73% of SA | Higher than 53% of SA |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 86% of SA | Higher than 90% of SA |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 31% of SA | Higher than 46% of SA |
Liveability
St Agnes scores higher overall (42 vs 35); St Agnes is more walkable (60 vs 50).
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C same for both | |
| Score | 35/100 | 42/100 |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 7/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 |
Risk profile
Tea Tree Gully carries more bushfire risk (87 vs 0); St Agnes carries more crime risk (67 vs 35).
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 87/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | Low 35/100 | Moderate 67/100 |
| Flood | High 70/100 | High 86/100 |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 6 within 5 km | 3 within 5 km |
Schools
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 2 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 | 2 |
| Rated below peers | 2 | 0 |
| Universities within 10 km | None | 2 Adelaide University, Magill Campus, 9.3 km |
Schools in Tea Tree Gully
- Saint David's Parish School Catholic · Primary below peers
- Tea Tree Gully Primary School Government · Primary below peers
Schools in St Agnes
- Ardtornish Primary School Government · Primary at peers
- St Agnes School P - 6 Government · Primary at peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 0 | 2 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 5 | 1 |
| Parks & reserves | 4 | 5 |
| Childcare | 4 | 5 |
| GPs | 2 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 0 | 1 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 1 |
| Fuel stations | 0 | 1 |
Mobility
Tea Tree Gully sits further from the CBD (19.5 km vs 16.7 km).
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 50/100 | 60/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 19.5 km +14% vs other | 16.7 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 31 min | 26 min |
| Public transport score | 79/100 Bus same for both | |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 72.2 7-9am + 5-7pm | 121.8 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 1 min scheduled, not actual | 0 min scheduled, not actual |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.8% postcode 5091 | 0.5% postcode 5097 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 66 postcode 5091 | 63 postcode 5097 |
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 (76.3%).
Setting
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 271 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 156 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 16.3 km | 14.4 km |
NBN connectivity
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 75/100 | 76/100 |
| Most common technology | Hybrid fibre-coaxial same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 3% 1,574 premises | 5% 1,971 premises |
Climate
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 404 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 30.4°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 6.5°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | — same for both | |
| PM10 | — same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.51 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,000/yr same for both | |
| Council | Tea Tree Gully same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Makin same for both | |
| Member | Tony Zappia same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Tea Tree Gully | St Agnes | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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