Located in South Australia, Kingston Park sits 18 km from Adelaide CBD, around 28 minutes by car. The suburb has 623 residents, a median age of 51, and a median household income of $99,320 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 20.5% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $340 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. Kingston Park is characterised by high flood risk and high crime risk. Walkability is moderate.
Is Kingston Park a good suburb?
Kingston Park scores a B (53/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on safety.
Very walkable
Walkability 64/100 · 18.2 km · 28 min drive to Adelaide
Around the state median
Median $1.51M
High flood risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 63/100 · Flood 93/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 9/10 · median age 51 · 623 residents
Liveability Rating
53 / 100 · Ranked #225 in SAEach bar is Kingston Park'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
53 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataKingston Park's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.51 million, roughly 16% above 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
$1,510,000
Based on only 9 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 30 days — median across 4 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 7 sales $1.51M
Units
$625,000
Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $625K
Rental Market
Rental affordability
June quarter 202589 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 34% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5049.
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 Kingston Park safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Kingston Park sits in the moderate band, with 26 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 44% on the prior year.
26 offences
43.5% 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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1995–2020Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 326 m
- Rate
- -0.37 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -10.4 m
- Certainty
- likely rocky coastline
Data Quality
Schools
Universities nearby
- 5.0 kmBedford ParkFlinders University · 399 courses
- 6.6 kmTonsleyFlinders University · 63 courses
2.9% 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
Kingston Park is somewhat walkable on foot — at 64/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Kingston Park.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 278
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
Holdfast Bay: 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
Kingston Park is home to 623 residents, with a median age of 51 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $99,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.2%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
623
Median Age
51
Median Household Income
$99,320/yr
Census Median Rent
$340/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,167/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$45,656/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
9.0%
Total Dwellings
244
Owner-Occupier Rate
77.7%
Houses
61.9%
Rental Stress
17.8%
Mortgage Stress
26.2%
Work From Home
19.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 67.7%
- English Spoken at Home
- 85.9%
- Employment Rate
- 56.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 55.2%
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.
13 residents (2.1%) 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 610 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
23% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (72 of 314).
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 $2,095 a year through Holdfast Bay based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 62%
- Commercial 24%
- Parks and recreation 13%
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: Holdfast Bay
In the year to August 2026, 287 new dwellings were approved across Holdfast Bay. That mix is 183 houses and 104 units. Approvals are up 188.2% 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, 10.9 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Adelaide Airport M.o., 9.6 kmDry climate — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 37 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 249 m
- Annual rainfall
- 394 mm
- 71 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 28.1°C
- 16 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 7.8°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- 1.5 kmOther Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and QuarryingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 5049, 114 of 8,297 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.3% (273 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5049, 2,878 rooftop-solar systems totalling 17.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,283 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 190 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 postcode 5049.
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 Louise Miller-Frost Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Louise Miller-Frost | 61.1% | 38.9% | +7.8 |
| 2022 | Louise Miller-Frost | 53.3% | 46.7% | -4.7 |
| 2019 | Nicolle Flint | 48.6% | 51.4% | -1.3 |
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 Alex Dighton Australian Labor Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Alex Dighton ALP | 65.4% |
| 2022 | David Speirs LP | 52.8% |
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 Kingston Park?
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 623 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 Kingston Park
Is Kingston Park a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Kingston Park is moderate (63/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Kingston Park?
Kingston Park has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (93/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Kingston Park a good place to live?
Kingston Park 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 Kingston Park?
Kingston Park, SA had a population of 623 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Kingston Park, SA?
The postcode for Kingston Park, SA is 5049.
How far is Kingston Park from Adelaide?
Kingston Park is 18 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 28 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Kingston Park?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Kingston Park was $99,320 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 Kingston Park?
There are too few current rental listings in Kingston Park for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $340, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Kingston Park?
The median age of residents in Kingston Park was 51 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Kingston Park walkable?
Kingston Park scores 64/100 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 weather like in Kingston Park?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Kingston Park, Adelaide Airport M.o. (9.6 km away), summer days average 28.1°C, winter nights 7.8°C, 394 mm of rain a year over 71 rainy days, and 16 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Kingston Park?
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 Kingston Park belong to?
Kingston Park sits within the Holdfast Bay local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Kingston Park?
The average residential rates bill through Holdfast Bay is $2,095 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Kingston Park?
Across Holdfast Bay, 287 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 188.2% 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 Kingston Park in?
Kingston Park sits within the federal Division of Boothby, currently held by Louise Miller-Frost (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
- 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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