Watervale vs Spring Gully
Watervale is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 51 in Spring Gully. 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, Watervale tends to suit families with children, while Spring Gully suits older residents.
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
Watervale
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Watervale
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 30%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Spring Gully
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $275/wk)
Weighs rent.
Commuting to the city
Watervale
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (24/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (94 min vs 116 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (126.5 km vs 135.4 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Watervale is more walkable (24/100 vs 0/100)
- Spring Gully has more residents already 65 and over (32% vs 20%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.
Investors
Watervale
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (3.7% vs -1.6%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Watervale and Spring Gully 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
Watervale rents higher ($275/wk vs $0/wk); Watervale has more residents (338 vs 60).
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 338 +82% vs other | 60 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +3.7% | -1.6% |
| Median age | 43 | 51 |
| Median household income | $74,724/yr | $84,500/yr +13% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $275/wk (not reported on the other side) | — |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.7%).
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 (15.7%).
Property market
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $457,600 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 34 days from 3 sales | — |
Zoning mix
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 99% | 91% |
| Environmental | 0% | 9% |
| 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
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 28 across Clare and Gilbert Valleys same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +20% same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 49% of SA | Higher than 61% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 74% of SA | Higher than 25% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | — | Higher than 20% of SA |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 46% of SA | Higher than 36% of SA |
Liveability
Watervale is more walkable (24 vs 0).
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 | advantaged area decile 8/10 |
Risk profile
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 16/100 | Low 25/100 |
| Crime | Low 15/100 | — |
| 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
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Watervale
- Watervale Primary School Government · Primary above peers
Schools in Spring Gully
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 1 same for both | |
| Parks & reserves | 1 same for both | |
| Childcare | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 | 0 |
Mobility
Spring Gully sits further from the CBD (135.4 km vs 126.5 km).
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 24/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 126.5 km | 135.4 km +7% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 94 min | 116 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 5452 | 0.2% postcode 5453 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 81 postcode 5452 | 67 postcode 5453 |
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 (70.8%).
Setting
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 388 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 459 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 29/100 | 25/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 140 premises | 0% 17 premises |
Council rates
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,830/yr same for both | |
| Council | Clare and Gilbert Valleys same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Grey same for both | |
| Member | Tom Venning same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Watervale | Spring Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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