Mount Pleasant SA 5235
Mount Pleasant sits 67 km from Adelaide CBD in South Australia, around 1 hour 10 minutes by car. Census data records 1,058 residents with a median age of 48 and a median household income of $68,692 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 3.7% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $250 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,420. All 1 school within the town boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Mount Pleasant a good town?
Mount Pleasant scores a C (44/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety, weaker on transit.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 67.3 km · 69 min drive to Adelaide
Median available
Median $666K
Low all-round risk
Fire 35/100 · Crime 23/100 · Flood 17/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 48 · 1,058 residents
Liveability Rating
44 / 100 · Ranked #332 in SAEach bar is Mount Pleasant'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 Mount Pleasant?
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Our score
44 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMount Pleasant's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $666,000, roughly 16% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$665,500
Based on 26 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 30 days — median across 10 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 17 sales $630K
- 4 bed 8 sales $780K
Land
$1,125,000
Based on only 6 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Mount Pleasant are currently listed at around $665,000 on average. Based on 4 houses listed in the past six months.
$665K
4 houses listed in the last 6 months.
4 of the suburb's 409 dwellings (1.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Short-Stay Rentals
4 active Airbnb listings: 4 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.9% of the town's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Mount Pleasant safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Mount Pleasant sits in the low band, with 13 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 8% on the prior year.
13 offences
8.3% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20254 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 of them fatal
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town 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 Mount Pleasant, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Mount Pleasant Primary School leads the pack.
- • 58 students in one school (avg 58)
Primary
Walkability
Mount Pleasant is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Mount Pleasant.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 1.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 0.9 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.5 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 63 min
- Span of service
- 12.3 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 Mount Pleasant.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 482
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
Barossa: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 4 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the town closely.
Mount Pleasant is home to about 1,100 residents, with a median age of 48, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $69,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,058
Median Age
48
Median Household Income
$68,692/yr
Census Median Rent
$250/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,420/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$35,724/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
13.0%
Total Dwellings
409
Owner-Occupier Rate
88.2%
Houses
92.9%
Rental Stress
18.9%
Mortgage Stress
24.8%
Work From Home
13.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 78.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 88.3%
- Employment Rate
- 53.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 34.9%
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.
20 residents (1.9%) 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.
14.1% of residents (140) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Adelaide (131).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 995 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
6% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (28 of 468).
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 town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 438 people work here; 468 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.9 per resident).
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 $2,247 a year through Barossa based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 98%
- Zones under 1% 2%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the town around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Barossa
In the year to August 2026, 180 new dwellings were approved across Barossa. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are down 48.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Lenswood, 31.5 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 434 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 47.6 km
- Annual rainfall
- 921 mm
- 87 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
Elevation is the ground at the town 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.
EV adoption
In postcode 5235, 10 of 2,752 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.6% (44 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.0%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5235, 909 rooftop-solar systems totalling 5.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,164 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 55 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 town.
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 Tony Pasin Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tony Pasin | 37.0% | 63.0% | +3.6 |
| 2022 | Tony Pasin | 33.4% | 66.6% | -2.3 |
| 2019 | Tony Pasin | 31.1% | 68.9% | +5.1 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Ashton Hurn Liberal Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ashton Hurn LP | 67.4% |
| 2022 | Ashton Hurn LP | 61.9% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2024, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of South Australia.
Looking at a specific address in Mount Pleasant?
Every figure above is a town 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 1,058 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 Mount Pleasant
Is Mount Pleasant a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Mount Pleasant is low (23/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Mount Pleasant?
Mount Pleasant has a low recorded bushfire history (35/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a low share of it (17/100). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Mount Pleasant a good place to live?
Mount Pleasant has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (44/100), 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 Mount Pleasant?
Mount Pleasant, SA had a population of 1,058 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Mount Pleasant, SA?
The postcode for Mount Pleasant, SA is 5235.
How far is Mount Pleasant from Adelaide?
Mount Pleasant is 67 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 69 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Mount Pleasant?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Mount Pleasant was $68,692 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 Mount Pleasant?
There are too few current rental listings in Mount Pleasant for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $250, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Mount Pleasant?
The median age of residents in Mount Pleasant was 48 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Mount Pleasant at risk of bushfire?
Mount Pleasant has a low recorded bushfire history (35/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Mount Pleasant?
There is 1 school inside the Mount Pleasant boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Mount Pleasant?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Mount Pleasant, Lenswood (31.5 km away), 921 mm of rain a year over 87 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Mount Pleasant?
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 Mount Pleasant belong to?
Mount Pleasant sits within the Barossa local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Mount Pleasant?
The average residential rates bill through Barossa is $2,247 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Mount Pleasant?
Across Barossa, 180 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 48.0% 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 Mount Pleasant in?
Mount Pleasant sits within the federal Division of Barker, currently held by Tony Pasin (Liberal).
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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
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- 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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