Roxby Downs SA 5725
Roxby Downs is a town in South Australia, 566 km from Adelaide CBD, around 6 hours 15 minutes by car. Population is 3,671; the median age is 30 and the median household income is $163,384 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population fell 5.5% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $260 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,517. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.
Is Roxby Downs a good town?
Roxby Downs scores a B (52/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on transit.
Car-dependent
Walkability 4/100 · 566.2 km · 375 min drive to Adelaide
Median available
Median $251K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 45/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 30 · 3,671 residents
Liveability Rating
52 / 100 · Ranked #231 in SAEach bar is Roxby Downs'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
52 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataRoxby Downs's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $251,000, about 1% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$251,150
Based on 143 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 107 days — median across 60 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 70 sales $222K
- 4 bed 63 sales $280K
- 5 bed 5 sales $440K
Units
$180,000
Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 141 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Roxby Downs are currently listed at around $300,000 on average. Based on 85 houses listed in the past six months.
$300K
85 houses listed in the last 6 months.
87 of the suburb's 1,195 dwellings (7.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Roxby Downs rent for around $380 a week on average, based on 54 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$380/wk
54 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$280/wk
3 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
57 rentals advertised against an estimated 841 rented homes (6.8%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Apr–Jun 2026- 3-bed houses
- $360/wk
- 25 bonds
- +0% 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 2025138 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 22% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5725.
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$380/week ($20,000 a year) on a $300,000 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 Roxby Downs safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Roxby Downs sits in the moderate band, with 84 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 29% on the prior year.
84 offences
28.8% 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 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
Walkability
Roxby Downs is very car-dependent on foot — at 4/100, 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.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Roxby Downs.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 29%
- Premises covered
- 1,875
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
Roxby Downs: 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 10 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.
Roxby Downs is home to about 3,700 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 30 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $163,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,671
Median Age
30
Median Household Income
$163,384/yr
Census Median Rent
$260/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,517/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$90,844/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
28.5%
Total Dwellings
1,195
Owner-Occupier Rate
29.6%
Houses
96.7%
Rental Stress
8.3%
Mortgage Stress
11.1%
Work From Home
3.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
18 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 3 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 802 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 76.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 81.9%
- Employment Rate
- 77.8%
- 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.
135 residents (3.7%) 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.
14.7% of residents (485) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Adelaide (347).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 3,306 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
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (12 of 2,057).
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 5,380 people work here; 2,057 employed residents live here.
A jobs hub: 2.6 jobs for every working resident. At least 57% 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 $2,841 a year through Roxby Downs based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 84%
- Commercial 6%
- Infrastructure and transport 6%
- Industrial 5%
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.
Climate & Setting
from Andamooka, 30.4 kmDry climate — very hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 107 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 169 mm
- 24 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 36.2°C
- 81 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.9°C
- 0 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
2 facilities within 5 km- 1.7 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 2.3 kmOther Construction Material MiningTop reported: Manganese & compounds · Fluoride compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 5725, 0 of 3,920 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.0% (38 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.0%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5725, 408 rooftop-solar systems totalling 3.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,536 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 16 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
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 Tom Venning Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tom Venning | 45.4% | 54.6% | +5.4 |
| 2022 | Rowan Ramsey | 39.9% | 60.1% | -3.2 |
| 2019 | Rowan Ramsey | 36.7% | 63.3% | +5.6 |
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 Geoff Brock Independent
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Geoff Brock IND | 56.9% |
| 2022 | Geoff Brock IND | 67.1% |
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 Roxby Downs?
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- 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 Roxby Downs
Is Roxby Downs a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Roxby Downs is moderate (45/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Roxby Downs?
Roxby Downs has no recorded bushfire history. These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Roxby Downs a good place to live?
Roxby Downs has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (52/100), 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 Roxby Downs?
Roxby Downs, SA had a population of 3,671 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Roxby Downs, SA?
The postcode for Roxby Downs, SA is 5725.
How far is Roxby Downs from Adelaide?
Roxby Downs is 566 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 375 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Roxby Downs?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Roxby Downs was $163,384 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 Roxby Downs?
The median advertised rent in Roxby Downs is $380 a week for houses (54 listings) and $280 a week for units (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Roxby Downs?
The median age of residents in Roxby Downs was 30 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Roxby Downs walkable?
Roxby Downs scores 4/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very 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 Roxby Downs?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Roxby Downs, Andamooka (30.4 km away), summer days average 36.2°C, winter nights 6.9°C, 169 mm of rain a year over 24 rainy days, and 81 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Roxby Downs?
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 Roxby Downs belong to?
Roxby Downs sits within the Roxby Downs local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Roxby Downs?
The average residential rates bill through Roxby Downs is $2,841 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
Which federal electorate is Roxby Downs in?
Roxby Downs sits within the federal Division of Grey, currently held by Tom Venning (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
- 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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