Thebarton SA 5031
Thebarton sits 4 km from Adelaide CBD in South Australia, around 9 minutes by car. Census data records 1,442 residents with a median age of 39 and a median household income of $74,308 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $315 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,627. The area shows high crime risk and high aircraft noise risk. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Thebarton a good suburb?
Thebarton scores a A (69/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on prices and safety.
Mixed results
1 school
Walkable and central
Walkability 89/100 · 4 km · 9 min drive to Adelaide
Above the state median
Median $1.25M · Less affordable than 88% of SA
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 85/100 · Flood 44/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 39 · 1,442 residents
Liveability Rating
69 / 100 · Ranked #96 in SAEach bar is Thebarton'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
69 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataThebarton's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.25 million, about 1% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,255,000
14% above its 4 neighbours (median $1,100,000)
Based on 21 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 16 days — median across 8 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 7 sales $1.17M
- 3 bed 8 sales $1.24M
Units
$563,500
Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Thebarton rent for around $760 a week on average, based on 8 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$760/wk
8 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
9 rentals advertised against an estimated 324 rented homes (2.8%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202592 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5031.
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.
Is Thebarton safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Thebarton sits in the high band, with 140 incidents recorded in 2026 — down about 9% on the prior year.
140 offences
9.1% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20259 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.
Aircraft Noise
ANEF Contour Details
Significant impact — conditional building
Moderate impact — noise insulation required
Noticeable aircraft noise
Schools
One school serves Thebarton, but none have published comparable ratings yet.
- • 100 students in one school (avg 100)
Secondary
Universities nearby
- 3.0 kmAdelaide University, Adelaide City CampusAdelaide University · 472 courses
- 3.0 kmFlinders City CampusFlinders University · 156 courses
- 3.0 km82-98 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000Torrens University Australia · 106 courses
2.9% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Thebarton is very walkable on foot — at 89/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 3 parks and 9 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Thebarton.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 131.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 93.6 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 52.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 18.9 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 Thebarton.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 27%
- Premises covered
- 1,282
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
West Torrens: 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 4 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Thebarton is home to about 1,400 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $74,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,442
Median Age
39
Median Household Income
$74,308/yr
Census Median Rent
$315/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,627/mo
Avg Household Size
2.1
Median Personal Income
$43,212/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
11.0%
Total Dwellings
664
Owner-Occupier Rate
51.2%
Houses
56.5%
Rental Stress
22.0%
Mortgage Stress
26.3%
Work From Home
13.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
51 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 45 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 316 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 70.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 70.4%
- Employment Rate
- 64.3%
- Completed Year 12
- 57.2%
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.
93 residents (6.4%) 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 1,389 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
34% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (273 of 807).
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 4,038 people work here; 807 employed residents live here.
A jobs hub: 5.0 jobs for every working resident. At least 80% 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 $1,532 a year through West Torrens based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Commercial 39%
- Residential 36%
- Industrial 22%
- 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 suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: West Torrens
In the year to August 2026, 578 new dwellings were approved across West Torrens. That mix is 231 houses and 347 units. Approvals are up 102.8% on the same period a year earlier.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 17.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 1.12 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0.
From the Adelaide CBD monitoring station, 3.0 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Adelaide (West Terrace / Ngayirdapira), 1.5 kmDry climate — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 21 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 7.2 km
- Annual rainfall
- 457 mm
- 77 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 29.1°C
- 21 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 8.5°C
- 0 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
14 facilities within 5 km- 1.6 kmCleaning Compound ManufacturingTop reported: Ethanol · Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Chlorine & compounds
- 2.5 kmHospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)Top reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 2.6 kmOther Petroleum and Coal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.0 kmHigher EducationTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
- 3.2 km
EV adoption
In postcode 5031, 161 of 10,324 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 6.3% (647 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 7.8%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5031, 2,061 rooftop-solar systems totalling 18.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,579 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 174 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
6 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 17 across postcode 5031.
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 Steve Georganas Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Steve Georganas | 69.1% | 30.9% | +7.2 |
| 2022 | Steve Georganas | 61.9% | 38.1% | -3.7 |
| 2019 | Steve Georganas | 58.2% | 41.8% | +0.1 |
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 Tom Koutsantonis Australian Labor Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tom Koutsantonis ALP | 73.2% |
| 2022 | Tom Koutsantonis ALP | 68.8% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2024, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of South Australia.
Looking at a specific address in Thebarton?
Every figure above is a suburb 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 1,442 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 Thebarton
Is Thebarton a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Thebarton is high (85/100, 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 Thebarton?
Thebarton has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (44/100). Part of it sits inside an aircraft noise contour. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Thebarton a good place to live?
Thebarton has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (69/100), 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 Thebarton?
Thebarton, SA had a population of 1,442 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Thebarton, SA?
The postcode for Thebarton, SA is 5031.
How far is Thebarton from Adelaide?
Thebarton is 4 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 9 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Thebarton?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Thebarton was $74,308 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 Thebarton?
The median advertised rent in Thebarton is $760 a week for houses (8 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Thebarton?
The median age of residents in Thebarton was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Thebarton?
There is 1 school inside the Thebarton boundary, none of which has enough NAPLAN and ICSEA data for a quality band.
Is Thebarton walkable?
Thebarton scores 89/100 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 Thebarton?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Thebarton (Adelaide CBD) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.0 µg/m³ and PM10 of 17.8 µg/m³. That puts Thebarton 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 Thebarton?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Thebarton, Adelaide (West Terrace / Ngayirdapira) (1.5 km away), summer days average 29.1°C, winter nights 8.5°C, 457 mm of rain a year over 77 rainy days, and 21 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Thebarton?
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 Thebarton belong to?
Thebarton sits within the West Torrens local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Thebarton?
The average residential rates bill through West Torrens is $1,532 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Thebarton?
Across West Torrens, 578 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 102.8% 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 Thebarton in?
Thebarton sits within the federal Division of Adelaide, currently held by Steve Georganas (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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