Located in South Australia, Normanville sits 76 km from Adelaide CBD, around 1 hour 15 minutes by car. The town has 1,965 residents, a median age of 61, and a median household income of $51,896 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 20.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $300 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,218. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.
Is Normanville a good town?
Normanville scores a C (47/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit.
Car-dependent
Walkability 29/100 · 76.4 km · 73 min drive to Adelaide
Median available
Median $795K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 43/100 · Flood 36/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 61 · 1,965 residents
Liveability Rating
47 / 100 · Ranked #302 in SAEach bar is Normanville'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
47 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataNormanville's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $795,000, roughly 17% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$795,000
Based on 75 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 52 days — median across 39 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 42 sales $722K
- 4 bed 29 sales $820K
Land
$310,000
Based on 23 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 36 days — median across 12 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Normanville are currently listed at around $829,000 on average. Based on 29 houses listed in the past six months.
$829K
29 houses listed in the last 6 months.
29 of the suburb's 859 dwellings (3.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Normanville rent for around $625 a week on average, based on 6 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$625/wk
6 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
8 rentals advertised against an estimated 142 rented homes (5.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Apr–Jun 2026- All rentals
- $562/wk
- 10 bonds
- +56% 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 202591 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5204.
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$625/week ($32,000 a year) on a $829,000 median
Based on a small sample (6 listings) — indicative only.
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 Normanville safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Normanville sits in the moderate band, with 42 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 19% on the prior year.
42 offences
19.2% 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 town 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
2003–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 3.5 km
- Rate
- -0.13 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -4.9 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
Normanville is car-dependent on foot — at 29/100, most errands require a car. Within the town there are 1 supermarket, 2 parks and 6 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Normanville.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 99%
- Premises covered
- 1,501
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
Yankalilla: 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 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Normanville is home to about 2,000 residents, with a median age of 61 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $52,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.2%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,965
Median Age
61
Median Household Income
$51,896/yr
Census Median Rent
$300/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,218/mo
Avg Household Size
2.1
Median Personal Income
$28,392/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
57.3%
Total Dwellings
859
Owner-Occupier Rate
83.5%
Houses
89.9%
Rental Stress
30.1%
Mortgage Stress
28.2%
Work From Home
15.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 73.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 92.6%
- Employment Rate
- 39.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 36.5%
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.
26 residents (1.3%) 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.
16.7% of residents (315) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Adelaide (294).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,886 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
3% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (21 of 677).
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 $2,546 a year through Yankalilla based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 68%
- Residential 17%
- Environmental 7%
- Commercial 5%
- Parks and recreation 3%
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: Yankalilla
In the year to August 2026, 58 new dwellings were approved across Yankalilla. That mix is 54 houses and 4 units. Approvals are down 55.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Myponga, 14.7 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 13 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 653 m
- 761 m to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 786 mm
- 112 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 1.4 km
EV adoption
In postcode 5204, 22 of 3,374 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.7% (58 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5204, 1,932 rooftop-solar systems totalling 11.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,045 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 89 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 postcode 5204.
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 Rebekha Sharkie Centre Alliance
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rebekha Sharkie | 55.0% | 45.0% | +3.4 |
| 2022 | Rebekha Sharkie | 51.6% | 48.4% | -4.1 |
| 2019 | Rebekha Sharkie | 47.5% | 52.5% | -0.7 |
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 Jenni Mitton Australian Labor Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jenni Mitton ALP | 56.6% |
| 2022 | Leon Bignell ALP | 63.8% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2024, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of South Australia.
Looking at a specific address in Normanville?
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 1,965 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 Normanville
Is Normanville a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Normanville is moderate (43/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Normanville?
Normanville has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a low share of it (36/100). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Normanville a good place to live?
Normanville has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (47/100), 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 Normanville?
Normanville, SA had a population of 1,965 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Normanville, SA?
The postcode for Normanville, SA is 5204.
How far is Normanville from Adelaide?
Normanville is 76 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 73 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Normanville?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Normanville was $51,896 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 Normanville?
The median advertised rent in Normanville is $625 a week for houses (6 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Normanville?
The median age of residents in Normanville was 61 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Normanville walkable?
Normanville scores 29/100 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 Normanville?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Normanville, Myponga (14.7 km away), 786 mm of rain a year over 112 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Normanville?
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 Normanville belong to?
Normanville sits within the Yankalilla local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Normanville?
The average residential rates bill through Yankalilla is $2,546 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Normanville?
Across Yankalilla, 58 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 55.0% 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 Normanville in?
Normanville sits within the federal Division of Mayo, currently held by Rebekha Sharkie (Centre Alliance).
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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
- 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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