Hillbank SA 5112
Located in South Australia, Hillbank sits 26 km from Adelaide CBD, around 36 minutes by car. The suburb has 5,013 residents, a median age of 36, and a median household income of $94,276 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 8.7% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $346 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,495. The area shows high crime risk and high flood risk. Walkability is moderate.
Is Hillbank a good suburb?
Hillbank scores a C (37/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on safety.
Somewhat walkable
Walkability 48/100 · 25.5 km · 36 min drive to Adelaide
More affordable than most
Median $772K · More affordable than 92% of SA
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 85/100 · Flood 64/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 36 · 5,013 residents
Liveability Rating
37 / 100 · Ranked #411 in SAEach bar is Hillbank'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 Hillbank?
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Our score
37 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataHillbank's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $772,000, about 8% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$772,500
11% above its 8 neighbours (median $695,000)
Based on 130 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 24 days — median across 66 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 54 sales $715K
- 4 bed 62 sales $791K
- 5 bed 9 sales $950K
Land
$915,000
Based on only 8 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Hillbank are currently listed at around $786,000 on average. Based on 20 houses listed in the past six months.
$786K
20 houses listed in the last 6 months.
20 of the suburb's 1,797 dwellings (1.1%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Hillbank rent for around $632 a week on average, based on 16 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$632/wk
18% above its 6 neighbours (median $535/wk)
16 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
16 rentals advertised against an estimated 228 rented homes (7.0%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Apr–Jun 2026- 3-bed houses
- $590/wk
- 10 bonds
- +43% 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 2025123 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 24% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5112.
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$632/week ($33,000 a year) on a $786,000 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 Hillbank safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Hillbank sits in the high band, with 502 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 67% on the prior year.
502 offences
67.3% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20251 crash
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
Walkability
Hillbank is car-dependent on foot — at 48/100, most errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Hillbank.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 55.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 27.9 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 21.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 18.4 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 Hillbank.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 55%
- Premises covered
- 1,945
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
Playford: 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 12 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Hillbank is home to about 5,000 residents, with a median age of 36, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $94,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
5,013
Median Age
36
Median Household Income
$94,276/yr
Census Median Rent
$346/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,495/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$42,796/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
3.6%
Total Dwellings
1,797
Owner-Occupier Rate
87.3%
Houses
99.8%
Rental Stress
19.1%
Mortgage Stress
19.0%
Work From Home
6.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
4 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 7 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 225 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 73.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 85.8%
- Employment Rate
- 65.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 39.3%
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.
98 residents (2.0%) 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 4,665 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
10% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (262 of 2,653).
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 191 people work here; 2,653 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.1 jobs per working resident. At least 93% 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 $2,101 a year through Playford based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 70%
- Parks and recreation 26%
- Environmental 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: Playford
In the year to August 2026, 2,475 new dwellings were approved across Playford. That mix is 2,182 houses and 293 units. Approvals are up 65.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 5.5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 18.7 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.31 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 5 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Elizabeth monitoring station, 2.6 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Edinburgh RAAF, 6.5 kmDry climate — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 116 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 13.3 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 2.6% of addresses
- 54 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 404 mm
- 67 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.0°C
- 28 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.6°C
- 1 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
4 facilities within 5 km- 1.5 kmOther Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and QuarryingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 2.5 kmHospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)Top reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
- 4.2 kmPolymer Foam Product ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 4.4 kmPolymer Foam Product ManufacturingTop reported: Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
EV adoption
In postcode 5112, 48 of 13,222 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.0% (394 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.3%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5112, 4,052 rooftop-solar systems totalling 24.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 8,335 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 181 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, 2 across postcode 5112.
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 Matt Burnell Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Matt Burnell | 65.3% | 34.7% | +2.4 |
| 2022 | Matt Burnell | 62.9% | 37.1% | +1.2 |
| 2019 | Nick Champion | 64.1% | 35.9% | +3.0 |
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 Rhiannon Pearce Australian Labor Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rhiannon Pearce ALP | 55.2% |
| 2022 | Rhiannon Pearce ALP | 52.9% |
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 Hillbank?
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 5,013 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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Checking the whole city?
Suburbs to avoid in Adelaide There is no list of bad suburbs, but there are hazards the state measures and publishes — recorded crime, bushfire exposure, flood overlays and aircraft noise. Adelaide suburbs ranked on them, with what the numbers do and don't mean.Nearby suburbs
Craigmore SA 5114
Elizabeth East SA 5112
Salisbury Heights SA 5109
Elizabeth Park SA 5113
Elizabeth Vale SA 5112
Elizabeth Grove SA 5112
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Common questions about Hillbank
Is Hillbank a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Hillbank is high (85/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Hillbank?
Hillbank has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (64/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Hillbank a good place to live?
Hillbank has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (37/100), 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 Hillbank?
Hillbank, SA had a population of 5,013 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Hillbank, SA?
The postcode for Hillbank, SA is 5112.
How far is Hillbank from Adelaide?
Hillbank is 26 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 36 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Hillbank?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Hillbank was $94,276 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 Hillbank?
The median advertised rent in Hillbank is $632 a week for houses (16 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Hillbank?
The median age of residents in Hillbank was 36 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Hillbank walkable?
Hillbank scores 48/100 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 air quality in Hillbank?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Hillbank (Elizabeth) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.5 µg/m³ and PM10 of 18.7 µg/m³. That puts Hillbank 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 Hillbank?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Hillbank, Edinburgh RAAF (6.5 km away), summer days average 30°C, winter nights 6.6°C, 404 mm of rain a year over 67 rainy days, and 28 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Hillbank?
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 Hillbank belong to?
Hillbank sits within the Playford local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Hillbank?
The average residential rates bill through Playford is $2,101 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Hillbank?
Across Playford, 2,475 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 65.0% 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 Hillbank in?
Hillbank sits within the federal Division of Spence, currently held by Matt Burnell (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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