Highbury SA 5089
Highbury sits 15 km from Adelaide CBD in South Australia, around 25 minutes by car. Census data records 6,956 residents with a median age of 41 and a median household income of $105,976 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 20% nationally. Population grew 5.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $369 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. The area shows high flood risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is Highbury a good suburb?
Highbury scores a B (59/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices and community, weaker on safety.
Mixed results
1 school
Somewhat walkable
Walkability 43/100 · 15.3 km · 25 min drive to Adelaide
More affordable than most
Median $1M
High flood risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 39/100 · Flood 78/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 9/10 · median age 41 · 6,956 residents
Liveability Rating
59 / 100 · Ranked #165 in SAEach bar is Highbury'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.
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Our score
59 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataHighbury's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1 million, roughly 28% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,004,500
In line with its 5 neighbours (median $990,000)
Based on 158 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 18 days — median across 82 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 61 sales $905K
- 4 bed 80 sales $1.13M
- 5 bed 9 sales $1.15M
Units
$653,000
Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 15 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Highbury are currently listed at around $1 million on average. Based on 18 houses listed in the past six months.
$1M
18 houses listed in the last 6 months.
18 of the suburb's 2,482 dwellings (0.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Highbury rent for around $750 a week on average, based on 22 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$750/wk
9% above its 4 neighbours (median $690/wk)
22 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
23 rentals advertised against an estimated 305 rented homes (7.5%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Apr–Jun 2026- 3-bed houses
- $650/wk
- 20 bonds
- +47% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
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 5089.
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.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$750/week ($39,000 a year) on a $1 million median
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 Highbury safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Highbury sits in the low band, with 142 incidents recorded in 2026 — down about 10% on the prior year.
142 offences
9.6% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20256 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
One school serve Highbury, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 499 students in one school (avg 499)
Primary
Universities nearby
3.3% 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
Highbury is car-dependent on foot — at 43/100, most errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Highbury.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 86.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 55.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 24.7 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 17.8 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 Highbury.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 59%
- Premises covered
- 2,776
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
Tea Tree Gully: 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 19 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Highbury is home to about 7,000 residents, with a median age of 41, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $106,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
6,956
Median Age
41
Median Household Income
$105,976/yr
Census Median Rent
$369/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$44,512/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
3.9%
Total Dwellings
2,482
Owner-Occupier Rate
87.7%
Houses
97.1%
Rental Stress
18.1%
Mortgage Stress
19.6%
Work From Home
12.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 74.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 81.3%
- Employment Rate
- 63.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 49.2%
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.
171 residents (2.5%) 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 6,586 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
20% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (738 of 3,631).
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.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 493 people work here; 3,631 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.1 jobs per working resident. At least 83% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,000 a year through Tea Tree Gully based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 67%
- Parks and recreation 23%
- Industrial 7%
- Commercial 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: Tea Tree Gully
In the year to August 2026, 574 new dwellings were approved across Tea Tree Gully. That mix is 381 houses and 193 units. Approvals are up 35.6% on the same period a year earlier.
Air Quality
This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).
NO₂ averaged 0.51 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Northfield monitoring station, 8.7 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Parafield Airport, 10.2 kmDry climate — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 147 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 15.7 km
- Annual rainfall
- 404 mm
- 73 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.4°C
- 29 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.5°C
- 2 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
3 facilities within 5 km- 2.5 km
- 2.8 km
- 3.7 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 5089, 72 of 5,587 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.9% (164 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5089, 1,787 rooftop-solar systems totalling 11.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,578 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 114 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
3 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 Claire Clutterham Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Claire Clutterham | 56.6% | 43.4% | +7.1 |
| 2022 | James Stevens | 49.5% | 50.5% | -6.4 |
| 2019 | James Stevens | 43.1% | 56.9% | +1.5 |
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 Matthew Marozzi Australian Labor Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Matthew Marozzi ALP | 58.5% |
| 2022 | John Gardner LP | 51.4% |
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 Highbury?
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 6,956 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 Highbury
Is Highbury a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Highbury is low (39/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Highbury?
Highbury has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (78/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Highbury a good place to live?
Highbury has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (59/100), 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 Highbury?
Highbury, SA had a population of 6,956 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Highbury, SA?
The postcode for Highbury, SA is 5089.
How far is Highbury from Adelaide?
Highbury is 15 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 25 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Highbury?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Highbury was $105,976 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 Highbury?
The median advertised rent in Highbury is $750 a week for houses (22 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Highbury?
The median age of residents in Highbury was 41 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Highbury?
There is 1 school inside the Highbury boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Highbury walkable?
Highbury scores 43/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it 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 Highbury?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Highbury, Parafield Airport (10.2 km away), summer days average 30.4°C, winter nights 6.5°C, 404 mm of rain a year over 73 rainy days, and 29 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Highbury?
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 Highbury belong to?
Highbury sits within the Tea Tree Gully local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Highbury?
The average residential rates bill through Tea Tree Gully is $2,000 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Highbury?
Across Tea Tree Gully, 574 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 35.6% 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 Highbury in?
Highbury sits within the federal Division of Sturt, currently held by Claire Clutterham (Australian Labor Party).
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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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