Chandlers Hill SA 5159
Chandlers Hill is a suburb in South Australia, 24 km from Adelaide CBD, around 32 minutes by car. Population is 792; the median age is 46 and the median household income is $138,008 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 9.1% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $370 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,946. Chandlers Hill is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.
Is Chandlers Hill a good suburb?
Chandlers Hill scores a A (72/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, safety, and community.
Some car dependence
Walkability 12/100 · 24.4 km · 32 min drive to Adelaide
More affordable than most
Median $1.1M · More affordable than 94% of SA
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 22/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 46 · 792 residents
Liveability Rating
72 / 100 · Ranked #75 in SAEach bar is Chandlers Hill's rank among SA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
How do you rate the liveability in Chandlers Hill?
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Our score
72 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataChandlers Hill's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $1.1 million, roughly 11% below where it sat a year earlier. That said, only nine sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.
Houses
$1,105,000
Based on only 9 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 30 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 4 bed 7 sales $1.1M
Land
$1,057,500
Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 22 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Chandlers Hill are currently listed at around $1.2 million on average. Based on 3 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.2M
3 houses listed in the last 6 months.
3 of the suburb's 256 dwellings (1.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Rental affordability
June quarter 202592 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5159.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Is Chandlers Hill safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Chandlers Hill sits in the low band, with 7 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 12% on the prior year.
7 offences
12.5% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20258 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
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
Universities nearby
1.8% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Chandlers Hill is very car-dependent on foot — at 12/100, nearly all errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Chandlers Hill.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 2.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 1.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 1.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 20 min
- Span of service
- 14.0 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 Chandlers Hill.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 33%
- Premises covered
- 267
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
Onkaparinga: 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
Chandlers Hill is home to 792 residents, with a median age of 46, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $138,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
792
Median Age
46
Median Household Income
$138,008/yr
Census Median Rent
$370/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,946/mo
Avg Household Size
3.0
Median Personal Income
$53,300/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
2.0%
Total Dwellings
256
Owner-Occupier Rate
97.7%
Houses
98.8%
Rental Stress
13.9%
Mortgage Stress
16.9%
Work From Home
14.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 78.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 93.6%
- Employment Rate
- 69.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 51.4%
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.
3 residents (0.4%) 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.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
14% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (65 of 455).
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 $2,008 a year through Onkaparinga based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 49%
- Environmental 49%
- Residential 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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Onkaparinga
In the year to August 2026, 1,367 new dwellings were approved across Onkaparinga. That mix is 813 houses and 554 units. Approvals are up 58.4% on the same period a year earlier.
Air Quality
This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).
PM10 averaged 19.5 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.34 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 3 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Christie Downs monitoring station, 12.3 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Mount Lofty, 14.6 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 342 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 10.7 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 4.7% of addresses
- 15 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- 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- 0.6 kmWine and Other Alcoholic Beverage ManufacturingTop reported: Ethanol · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 5159, 262 of 27,228 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.2% (860 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5159, 9,157 rooftop-solar systems totalling 49.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 13,038 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 532 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
5 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 5159.
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 2026-10-27 — 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 Erin Thompson Australian Labor Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Erin Thompson ALP | 66.4% |
| 2022 | Erin Thompson ALP | 53.4% |
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 Chandlers Hill?
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 792 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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Common questions about Chandlers Hill
Is Chandlers Hill a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Chandlers Hill is low (22/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Chandlers Hill?
Chandlers Hill has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Chandlers Hill a good place to live?
Chandlers Hill has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (72/100), 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 Chandlers Hill?
Chandlers Hill, SA had a population of 792 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Chandlers Hill, SA?
The postcode for Chandlers Hill, SA is 5159.
How far is Chandlers Hill from Adelaide?
Chandlers Hill is 24 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 32 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Chandlers Hill?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Chandlers Hill was $138,008 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 Chandlers Hill?
There are too few current rental listings in Chandlers Hill for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $370, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Chandlers Hill?
The median age of residents in Chandlers Hill was 46 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Chandlers Hill walkable?
Chandlers Hill scores 12/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Chandlers Hill?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Chandlers Hill, Mount Lofty (14.6 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 Chandlers Hill?
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 Chandlers Hill belong to?
Chandlers Hill sits within the Onkaparinga local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Chandlers Hill?
The average residential rates bill through Onkaparinga is $2,008 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Chandlers Hill?
Across Onkaparinga, 1,367 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 58.4% 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 Chandlers Hill in?
Chandlers Hill 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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