Highgate SA 5063
Highgate sits 6 km from Adelaide CBD in South Australia, around 11 minutes by car. Census data records 1,504 residents with a median age of 41 and a median household income of $113,984 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb fell 8.6% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $360 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,009. Highgate is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure and no recorded flood exposure. Of 2 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Highgate a good suburb?
Highgate scores a A+ (87/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, safety, and community, weaker on prices.
Mixed results
2 schools · 1 above peer schools
Walkable and central
Walkability 65/100 · 5.7 km · 11 min drive to Adelaide
Above the state median
Median $1.65M · Less affordable than 94% of SA
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 18/100 · Flood 0/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 41 · 1,504 residents
Liveability Rating
87 / 100 · Ranked #15 in SAEach bar is Highgate'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
87 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataHighgate's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.65 million, roughly 18% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,650,000
5% above its 6 neighbours (median $1,570,000)
Based on 27 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 22 days — median across 16 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 13 sales $1.06M
- 4 bed 8 sales $1.58M
- 5 bed 6 sales $2.62M
Units
$693,693
Based on only 9 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 12 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $694K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsActive asking-price coverage for houses in Highgate is too thin to publish a meaningful median right now — only 2 active houses.
$655K
4 units listed in the last 6 months.
6 of the suburb's 572 dwellings (1.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Highgate rent for around $850 a week on average, based on 7 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$850/wk
7 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
9 rentals advertised against an estimated 135 rented homes (6.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Apr–Jun 2026- All rentals
- $670/wk
- 10 bonds
- +44% 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 202596 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 31% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5063.
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 Highgate safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Highgate sits in the low band, with 14 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 46% on the prior year.
14 offences
46.2% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20253 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
Two schools serve Highgate, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Highgate School leads the pack.
- • 1,928 students across 2 schools (avg 964)
- • Sectors: 1 Independent, 1 Government
- • ICSEA 1140-1150, median 1145 (well above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Concordia College (1,312 students)
Primary
Combined
Universities nearby
- 4.1 kmAdelaide University, Adelaide City CampusAdelaide University · 472 courses
- 4.1 kmFlinders City CampusFlinders University · 156 courses
- 4.1 km82-98 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000Torrens University Australia · 106 courses
5.0% 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
Highgate is somewhat walkable on foot — at 65/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Highgate.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 33.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 21.2 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 8.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 17.3 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 Highgate.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 17%
- Premises covered
- 715
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
Unley: 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 5 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Highgate is home to about 1,500 residents, with a median age of 41, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $114,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,504
Median Age
41
Median Household Income
$113,984/yr
Census Median Rent
$360/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,009/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$51,376/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.6%
Total Dwellings
572
Owner-Occupier Rate
76.4%
Houses
69.6%
Rental Stress
16.4%
Mortgage Stress
21.2%
Work From Home
15.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 73.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 76.5%
- Employment Rate
- 63.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 61.9%
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.
103 residents (6.8%) 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 1,446 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
28% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (223 of 786).
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 $2,288 a year through Unley based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 86%
- Infrastructure and transport 11%
- Commercial 3%
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: Unley
In the year to August 2026, 273 new dwellings were approved across Unley. That mix is 53 houses and 220 units. Approvals are down 66.7% 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, 4.1 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Adelaide (West Terrace / Ngayirdapira), 5.3 kmDry climate — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 74 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 10.1 km
- Annual rainfall
- 457 mm
- 77 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 29.1°C
- 21 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 8.5°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
3 facilities within 5 km- 1.3 kmHigher EducationTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
- 4.0 kmBread Manufacturing (Factory based)Top reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol · Carbon monoxide
- 4.8 kmHigher EducationTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
EV adoption
In postcode 5063, 195 of 9,624 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 6.2% (597 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 8.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5063, 2,470 rooftop-solar systems totalling 18.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 5,638 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 197 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
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb, 22 across postcode 5063.
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 Steve Georganas Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Steve Georganas | 69.1% | 30.9% | +7.2 |
| 2022 | Steve Georganas | 61.9% | 38.1% | -3.7 |
| 2019 | Steve Georganas | 58.2% | 41.8% | +0.1 |
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 Alice Rolls Australian Labor Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Alice Rolls ALP | 56.9% |
| 2022 | David Pisoni LP | 52.2% |
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 Highgate?
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 1,504 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 Highgate
Is Highgate a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Highgate is low (18/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Highgate?
Highgate has no recorded bushfire history. No mapped flood overlay applies. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Highgate a good place to live?
Highgate has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A+ (87/100), 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 Highgate?
Highgate, SA had a population of 1,504 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Highgate, SA?
The postcode for Highgate, SA is 5063.
How far is Highgate from Adelaide?
Highgate is 6 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 11 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Highgate?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Highgate was $113,984 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 Highgate?
The median advertised rent in Highgate is $850 a week for houses (7 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Highgate?
The median age of residents in Highgate was 41 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Highgate?
There are 2 schools inside the Highgate boundary: 1 above and 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Highgate walkable?
Highgate scores 65/100 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 Highgate?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Highgate (Adelaide CBD) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.0 µg/m³ and PM10 of 17.8 µg/m³. That puts Highgate 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 Highgate?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Highgate, Adelaide (West Terrace / Ngayirdapira) (5.3 km away), summer days average 29.1°C, winter nights 8.5°C, 457 mm of rain a year over 77 rainy days, and 21 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Highgate?
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 Highgate belong to?
Highgate sits within the Unley local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Highgate?
The average residential rates bill through Unley is $2,288 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Highgate?
Across Unley, 273 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 66.7% 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 Highgate in?
Highgate sits within the federal Division of Adelaide, currently held by Steve Georganas (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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