Smithfield Plains SA 5114
Smithfield Plains sits 41 km from Adelaide CBD in South Australia, around 36 minutes by car. Census data records 3,305 residents with a median age of 29 and a median household income of $52,416 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The suburb grew 15.0% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $251 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,092. Smithfield Plains is characterised by high crime risk and high flood risk. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Smithfield Plains a good suburb?
Smithfield Plains scores a D (24/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on safety and community.
Mixed results
1 school
Very walkable
Walkability 79/100 · 41.4 km · 36 min drive to Adelaide
Around the state median
Median $620K · Cheaper than 95% of SA
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 91/100 · Flood 78/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 29 · 3,305 residents
Liveability Rating
24 / 100 · Ranked #480 in SAEach bar is Smithfield Plains'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
24 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataSmithfield Plains's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $620,000, roughly 11% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$620,000
10% below its 5 neighbours (median $688,000)
Based on 125 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 31 days — median across 44 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 94 sales $601K
- 4 bed 25 sales $675K
Land
$570,000
Based on only 7 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Smithfield Plains are currently listed at around $689,000 on average. Based on 23 houses listed in the past six months.
$689K
23 houses listed in the last 6 months.
23 of the suburb's 1,147 dwellings (2.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Smithfield Plains rent for around $550 a week on average, based on 34 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$550/wk
7% below its 5 neighbours (median $590/wk)
34 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$310/wk
4 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
38 rentals advertised against an estimated 584 rented homes (6.5%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Apr–Jun 2026- 3-bed houses
- $500/wk
- 40 bonds
- +57% 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 2025110 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5114.
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$550/week ($29,000 a year) on a $689,000 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 Smithfield Plains safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Smithfield Plains sits in the high band, with 401 incidents recorded in 2026 — down about 10% on the prior year.
401 offences
9.5% 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 suburb 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 Smithfield Plains, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 685 students in one school (avg 685)
Primary
Walkability
Smithfield Plains is very walkable on foot — at 79/100, most daily errands can be done on foot.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Smithfield Plains.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 57.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 37.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 17.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 17.4 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 Smithfield Plains.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 57%
- Premises covered
- 1,495
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
Playford: 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
The ABS scores 6 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. Every one of them ranks in that same decile, so the average describes the whole suburb.
Smithfield Plains is home to about 3,300 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 29 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $52,000 a year, with unemployment at 15.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,305
Median Age
29
Median Household Income
$52,416/yr
Census Median Rent
$251/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,092/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$26,572/yr
Unemployment Rate
15.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
7.2%
Total Dwellings
1,147
Owner-Occupier Rate
49.1%
Houses
85.2%
Rental Stress
24.9%
Mortgage Stress
25.0%
Work From Home
4.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
147 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 19 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 568 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 70.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 76.4%
- Employment Rate
- 42.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 26.2%
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.
95 residents (2.9%) 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.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 3,019 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
8% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (81 of 1,026).
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 suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 225 people work here; 1,026 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.2 jobs per working resident. At least 78% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
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 $2,101 a year through Playford based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 95%
- Commercial 5%
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: Playford
In the year to August 2026, 2,475 new dwellings were approved across Playford. That mix is 2,182 houses and 293 units. Approvals are up 65.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 5.5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 18.7 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.31 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 5 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Elizabeth monitoring station, 4.5 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Edinburgh RAAF, 6.3 kmDry climate — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 36 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 14.8 km
- Annual rainfall
- 404 mm
- 67 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.0°C
- 28 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.6°C
- 1 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
4 facilities within 5 km- 3.2 kmPolymer Foam Product ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 3.3 kmPolymer Foam Product ManufacturingTop reported: Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
- 4.7 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 4.8 kmOther Electricity GenerationTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
EV adoption
In postcode 5114, 100 of 27,277 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.2% (603 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5114, 9,401 rooftop-solar systems totalling 57.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 13,298 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 582 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 suburb, 4 across postcode 5114.
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 Matt Burnell Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Matt Burnell | 65.3% | 34.7% | +2.4 |
| 2022 | Matt Burnell | 62.9% | 37.1% | +1.2 |
| 2019 | Nick Champion | 64.1% | 35.9% | +3.0 |
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 Nick Champion Australian Labor Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nick Champion ALP | 54.2% |
| 2022 | Nick Champion ALP | 69.7% |
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 Smithfield Plains?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Smithfield Plains
Is Smithfield Plains a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Smithfield Plains is high (91/100, 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 Smithfield Plains?
Smithfield Plains has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (78/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Smithfield Plains a good place to live?
Smithfield Plains has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (24/100), 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 Smithfield Plains?
Smithfield Plains, SA had a population of 3,305 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Smithfield Plains, SA?
The postcode for Smithfield Plains, SA is 5114.
How far is Smithfield Plains from Adelaide?
Smithfield Plains is 41 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 36 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Smithfield Plains?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Smithfield Plains was $52,416 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 Smithfield Plains?
The median advertised rent in Smithfield Plains is $550 a week for houses (34 listings) and $310 a week for units (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Smithfield Plains?
The median age of residents in Smithfield Plains was 29 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Smithfield Plains?
There is 1 school inside the Smithfield Plains boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Smithfield Plains walkable?
Smithfield Plains scores 79/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Smithfield Plains?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Smithfield Plains (Elizabeth) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.5 µg/m³ and PM10 of 18.7 µg/m³. That puts Smithfield Plains below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Smithfield Plains?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Smithfield Plains, Edinburgh RAAF (6.3 km away), summer days average 30°C, winter nights 6.6°C, 404 mm of rain a year over 67 rainy days, and 28 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Smithfield Plains?
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 Smithfield Plains belong to?
Smithfield Plains sits within the Playford local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Smithfield Plains?
The average residential rates bill through Playford is $2,101 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Smithfield Plains?
Across Playford, 2,475 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 65.0% 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 Smithfield Plains in?
Smithfield Plains sits within the federal Division of Spence, currently held by Matt Burnell (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
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- 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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