Renmark SA 5341
Renmark is a town in South Australia, 259 km from Adelaide CBD, around 2 hours 55 minutes by car. Population is 4,705; the median age is 44 and the median household income is $52,884 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The town grew 1.5% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $200 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $975. Renmark is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 4 schools within the town boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Renmark a good town?
Renmark scores a C (40/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on safety and community.
Mixed results
4 schools · 1 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 67/100 · 259.2 km · 174 min drive to Adelaide
Median available
Median $440K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 79/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 44 · 4,705 residents
Liveability Rating
40 / 100 · Ranked #380 in SAEach bar is Renmark's rank among SA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
40 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataRenmark's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $440,000, roughly 21% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$440,500
31% below its 3 neighbours (median $642,000)
Based on 130 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 52 days — median across 57 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 13 sales $375K
- 3 bed 92 sales $435K
- 4 bed 20 sales $588K
Land
$184,000
Based on 16 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 96 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Renmark are currently listed at around $525,000 on average. Based on 45 houses listed in the past six months.
$525K
45 houses listed in the last 6 months.
47 of the suburb's 1,986 dwellings (2.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Renmark rent for around $470 a week on average, based on 16 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$470/wk
16 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$355/wk
3 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
19 rentals advertised against an estimated 773 rented homes (2.5%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Apr–Jun 2026- 3-bed houses
- $455/wk
- 15 bonds
- +33% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $310/wk
- 10 bonds
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 2025140 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 21% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5341.
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$470/week ($24,000 a year) on a $525,000 median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
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 Renmark safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Renmark sits in the high band, with 327 incidents recorded in 2026 — down about 2% on the prior year.
327 offences
1.8% 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 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
Four schools serve Renmark, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. St Francis of Assisi College leads the pack.
- • 1,121 students across 4 schools (avg 280)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 2 Catholic
- • ICSEA 911-1015, median 967 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Renmark High School (414 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Renmark is somewhat walkable on foot — at 67/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car. Within the town there are 4 supermarkets, 4 parks and 10 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Renmark.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 0.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 1.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 37.5 min
- Span of service
- 12.7 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 Renmark.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 27%
- Premises covered
- 2,691
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
Renmark Paringa: 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 13 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.
Renmark is home to about 4,700 residents, with a median age of 44, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $53,000 a year, with unemployment at 7.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
4,705
Median Age
44
Median Household Income
$52,884/yr
Census Median Rent
$200/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$975/mo
Avg Household Size
2.2
Median Personal Income
$31,304/yr
Unemployment Rate
7.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
11.5%
Total Dwellings
1,986
Owner-Occupier Rate
61.1%
Houses
79.5%
Rental Stress
19.7%
Mortgage Stress
22.1%
Work From Home
3.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
142 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 33 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 725 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 76.0%
- English Spoken at Home
- 78.0%
- Employment Rate
- 47.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 31.1%
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.
215 residents (4.6%) 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.
5.2% of residents (233) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Adelaide (183).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 4,451 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
Local Jobs
People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 2,137 people work here; 1,904 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.1 per resident). At least 11% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
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 $1,591 a year through Renmark Paringa based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Environmental 53%
- Residential 30%
- Infrastructure and transport 7%
- Commercial 4%
- Industrial 3%
- Other and special use 2%
- Zones under 1% 1%
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: Renmark Paringa
In the year to August 2026, 61 new dwellings were approved across Renmark Paringa. That mix is 59 houses and 2 units.
Climate & Setting
from Loxton Research Centre, 33.2 kmDry climate — very hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 23 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 256 mm
- 42 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 32.1°C
- 38 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 4.5°C
- 16 frost days ≤ 0°C
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
3 facilities within 5 km- 1.9 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Cumene (1-methylethylbenzene) · Benzene
- 2.6 kmSpirit ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol
- 2.8 kmWine and Other Alcoholic Beverage ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol
EV adoption
In postcode 5341, 9 of 7,461 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.5% (110 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5341, 2,374 rooftop-solar systems totalling 19.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,534 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 127 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 this town, 3 across postcode 5341.
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 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 Tim Whetstone Liberal Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tim Whetstone LP | 56.0% |
| 2022 | Tim Whetstone LP | 67.2% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2024, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of South Australia.
Looking at a specific address in Renmark?
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 4,705 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 Renmark
Is Renmark a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Renmark is high (79/100, 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 Renmark?
Renmark has no recorded bushfire history. These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Renmark a good place to live?
Renmark has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (40/100), 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 Renmark?
Renmark, SA had a population of 4,705 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Renmark, SA?
The postcode for Renmark, SA is 5341.
How far is Renmark from Adelaide?
Renmark is 259 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 174 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Renmark?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Renmark was $52,884 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 Renmark?
The median advertised rent in Renmark is $470 a week for houses (16 listings) and $355 a week for units (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Renmark?
The median age of residents in Renmark was 44 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Renmark?
There are 4 schools inside the Renmark boundary: 1 above, 2 at, and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Renmark walkable?
Renmark scores 67/100 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 Renmark?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Renmark, Loxton Research Centre (33.2 km away), summer days average 32.1°C, winter nights 4.5°C, 256 mm of rain a year over 42 rainy days, and 38 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Renmark?
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 Renmark belong to?
Renmark sits within the Renmark Paringa local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Renmark?
The average residential rates bill through Renmark Paringa is $1,591 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Renmark?
Across Renmark Paringa, 61 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Renmark in?
Renmark 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
- 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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