Aldgate SA 5154
Aldgate is a suburb in South Australia, 19 km from Adelaide CBD, around 24 minutes by car. Population is 3,471; the median age is 45 and the median household income is $133,172 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 3.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $500 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,200. Aldgate is characterised by high bushfire risk. 3 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is Aldgate a good suburb?
Aldgate scores a B (53/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on schools and safety.
Below the state average
3 schools · Bottom 12% in SA
Very walkable
Walkability 69/100 · 18.6 km · 24 min drive to Adelaide
Around the state median
Median $1.6M · Pricier than 83% of SA
High bushfire risk
Fire 78/100 · Crime 18/100 · Flood 41/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 45 · 3,471 residents
Liveability Rating
53 / 100 · Ranked #223 in SAEach bar is Aldgate's rank among SA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
53 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataAldgate's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.6 million, roughly 10% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,600,000
23% above its 4 neighbours (median $1,296,000)
Based on 33 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 37 days — median across 14 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 9 sales $1.31M
- 4 bed 19 sales $1.62M
Land
$1,000,000
Based on only 3 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Aldgate are currently listed at around $1.59 million on average. Based on 8 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.59M
8 houses listed in the last 6 months.
8 of the suburb's 1,192 dwellings (0.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Aldgate rent for around $650 a week on average, based on 3 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$650/wk
3 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
3 rentals advertised against an estimated 72 rented homes (4.2%) in the last 6 months.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$650/week ($34,000 a year) on a $1.59 million median
Based on a small sample (3 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Aldgate safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Aldgate sits in the low band, with 33 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 42% on the prior year.
33 offences
42.1% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–2025No crash in Aldgate killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. This state’s crash data does not name the road.
Schools
Three schools serve Aldgate, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 386 students across 2 schools (avg 193)
- • Sectors: 2 Independent, 1 Government
- • ICSEA 1092-1105, median 1105 (well above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Aldgate Primary School (253 students)
Primary
Combined
Walkability
Aldgate is somewhat walkable on foot — at 69/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 9 parks and 4 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Aldgate.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 84.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 34.4 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 20.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 19.2 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Aldgate.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 34%
- Premises covered
- 1,404
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Adelaide Hills: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 9 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Aldgate is home to about 3,500 residents, with a median age of 45, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $133,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,471
Median Age
45
Median Household Income
$133,172/yr
Census Median Rent
$500/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,200/mo
Avg Household Size
2.8
Median Personal Income
$51,740/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.5%
Total Dwellings
1,192
Owner-Occupier Rate
94.0%
Houses
99.5%
Rental Stress
19.5%
Mortgage Stress
19.8%
Work From Home
21.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 80.0%
- English Spoken at Home
- 94.3%
- Employment Rate
- 62.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 57.8%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
51 residents (1.5%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 3,327 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
25% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (443 of 1,745).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,727 a year through Adelaide Hills based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 59%
- Residential 32%
- Infrastructure and transport 6%
- Parks and recreation 2%
- Zones under 1% 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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Adelaide Hills
In the year to August 2026, 95 new dwellings were approved across Adelaide Hills. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are up 53.3% on the same period a year earlier.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 17.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 1.12 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0.
From the Adelaide CBD monitoring station, 15.9 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Mount Lofty, 5.1 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 420 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 20.4 km
- Annual rainfall
- 969 mm
- 109 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 23.8°C
- 3 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 5.4°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 3.0 km
EV adoption
In postcode 5154, 76 of 3,047 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.8% (84 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.3%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5154, 812 rooftop-solar systems totalling 6.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,253 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 81 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$15,000 for new homes.
No purchase-price cap. Stamp duty is fully exempted for eligible first-home buyers as a separate concession.
Mortgage repayments
2 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb.
Conveyance duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with RevenueSA
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Rebekha Sharkie Centre Alliance
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rebekha Sharkie | 55.0% | 45.0% | +3.4 |
| 2022 | Rebekha Sharkie | 51.6% | 48.4% | -4.1 |
| 2019 | Rebekha Sharkie | 47.5% | 52.5% | -0.7 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Josh Teague Liberal Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Josh Teague LP | 50.6% |
| 2022 | Josh Teague LP | 51.9% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2024, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of South Australia.
Looking at a specific address in Aldgate?
Every figure above is a suburb average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 3,471 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Featured in
- #5 in Adelaide's highest-income suburbs
- #6 in Best Adelaide suburbs for good private high schools
- #6 in Adelaide's most owner-occupied suburbs
- #9 in Adelaide suburbs with the largest non-religious population
- #10 in Best Adelaide suburbs for good private primary schools
- #14 in Adelaide suburbs where the most homes are owned outright
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Common questions about Aldgate
Is Aldgate a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Aldgate is low (18/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Aldgate?
Aldgate has a high recorded bushfire history (78/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (41/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Aldgate a good place to live?
Aldgate has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (53/100), ranked against other SA suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Aldgate?
Aldgate, SA had a population of 3,471 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Aldgate, SA?
The postcode for Aldgate, SA is 5154.
How far is Aldgate from Adelaide?
Aldgate is 19 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 24 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Aldgate?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Aldgate was $133,172 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Aldgate?
The median advertised rent in Aldgate is $650 a week for houses (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Aldgate?
The median age of residents in Aldgate was 45 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Aldgate at risk of bushfire?
Aldgate has a high recorded bushfire history (78/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Aldgate?
There are 3 schools inside the Aldgate boundary: 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Aldgate walkable?
Aldgate scores 69/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Aldgate?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Aldgate (Adelaide CBD) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.0 µg/m³ and PM10 of 17.8 µg/m³. That puts Aldgate below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Aldgate?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Aldgate, Mount Lofty (5.1 km away), summer days average 23.8°C, winter nights 5.4°C, 969 mm of rain a year over 109 rainy days, and 3 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Aldgate?
First-home buyers in SA may be eligible for $15,000 towards new homes. The grant is administered by RevenueSA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Aldgate belong to?
Aldgate sits within the Adelaide Hills local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Aldgate?
The average residential rates bill through Adelaide Hills is $2,727 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Aldgate?
Across Adelaide Hills, 95 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 53.3% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Aldgate in?
Aldgate sits within the federal Division of Mayo, currently held by Rebekha Sharkie (Centre Alliance).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2026
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2026
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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