Vista SA 5091
Located in South Australia, Vista sits 17 km from Adelaide CBD, around 29 minutes by car. The suburb has 1,035 residents, a median age of 43, and a median household income of $94,640 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population grew 6.5% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $370 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,636. The area shows high bushfire risk and high flood risk. Walkability is low.
Is Vista a good suburb?
Vista scores a C (37/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices and community, weaker on safety.
Somewhat walkable
Walkability 38/100 · 17.3 km · 29 min drive to Adelaide
More affordable than most
Median $880K · More affordable than 82% of SA
High bushfire risk
Fire 92/100 · Crime 19/100 · Flood 73/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 8/10 · median age 43 · 1,035 residents
Liveability Rating
37 / 100 · Ranked #409 in SAEach bar is Vista'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
37 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataVista's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $880,000, about 3% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$880,000
In line with its 4 neighbours (median $885,000)
Based on 27 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 24 days — median across 18 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 15 sales $835K
- 4 bed 9 sales $983K
Land
$420,000
Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Vista are currently listed at around $900,000 on average. Based on 5 houses listed in the past six months.
$900K
5 houses listed in the last 6 months.
5 of the suburb's 397 dwellings (1.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Vista rent for around $660 a week on average, based on 3 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$660/wk
3 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025105 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5091.
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$660/week ($34,000 a year) on a $900,000 median
Based on a small sample (3 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 Vista safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Vista sits in the low band, with 11 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 21% on the prior year.
11 offences
21.4% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–2025No crash in Vista killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.
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
Universities nearby
2.1% 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
Vista is car-dependent on foot — at 38/100, most errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Vista.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 22.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 15.2 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 8.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 17.9 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 Vista.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 433
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
Tea Tree Gully: 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
Vista is home to about 1,000 residents, with a median age of 43, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $95,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,035
Median Age
43
Median Household Income
$94,640/yr
Census Median Rent
$370/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,636/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$44,096/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
2.5%
Total Dwellings
397
Owner-Occupier Rate
89.1%
Houses
100.0%
Rental Stress
20.3%
Mortgage Stress
20.7%
Work From Home
12.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 80.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 92.3%
- Employment Rate
- 60.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 48.3%
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.
6 residents (0.6%) 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.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 972 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
17% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (89 of 510).
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 167 people work here; 510 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 46% 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 $2,000 a year through Tea Tree Gully based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Environmental 71%
- Residential 29%
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: Tea Tree Gully
In the year to August 2026, 574 new dwellings were approved across Tea Tree Gully. That mix is 381 houses and 193 units. Approvals are up 35.6% on the same period a year earlier.
Air Quality
This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).
NO₂ averaged 0.51 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Northfield monitoring station, 10.3 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Parafield Airport, 10.3 kmDry climate — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 266 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 16.3 km
- Annual rainfall
- 404 mm
- 73 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.4°C
- 29 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.5°C
- 2 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
5 facilities within 5 km- 0.8 km
- 4.1 km
- 4.3 kmWine and Other Alcoholic Beverage ManufacturingTop reported: Ethanol · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 4.8 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 4.9 kmClay Brick ManufacturingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Carbon monoxide · Sulfur dioxide
EV adoption
In postcode 5091, 53 of 6,285 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.7% (172 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5091, 2,054 rooftop-solar systems totalling 12.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,136 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 113 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
8 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 5091.
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 Tony Zappia Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tony Zappia | 64.7% | 35.3% | +3.9 |
| 2022 | Tony Zappia | 60.8% | 39.2% | -1.1 |
| 2019 | Tony Zappia | 59.7% | 40.3% | +1.1 |
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 Matthew Marozzi Australian Labor Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Matthew Marozzi ALP | 58.5% |
| 2022 | John Gardner LP | 51.4% |
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 Vista?
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 1,035 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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Checking the whole city?
Suburbs to avoid in Adelaide There is no list of bad suburbs, but there are hazards the state measures and publishes — recorded crime, bushfire exposure, flood overlays and aircraft noise. Adelaide suburbs ranked on them, with what the numbers do and don't mean.Nearby suburbs
Hope Valley SA 5090
Highbury SA 5089
St Agnes SA 5097
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Houghton SA 5131
Paracombe SA 5132
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Common questions about Vista
Is Vista a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Vista is low (19/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Vista?
Vista has a high recorded bushfire history (92/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a high share of it (73/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Vista a good place to live?
Vista has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (37/100), 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 Vista?
Vista, SA had a population of 1,035 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Vista, SA?
The postcode for Vista, SA is 5091.
How far is Vista from Adelaide?
Vista is 17 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 29 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Vista?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Vista was $94,640 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 Vista?
The median advertised rent in Vista is $660 a week for houses (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Vista?
The median age of residents in Vista was 43 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Vista at risk of bushfire?
Vista has a high recorded bushfire history (92/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
Is Vista walkable?
Vista scores 38/100 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 Vista?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Vista, Parafield Airport (10.3 km away), summer days average 30.4°C, winter nights 6.5°C, 404 mm of rain a year over 73 rainy days, and 29 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Vista?
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 Vista belong to?
Vista sits within the Tea Tree Gully local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Vista?
The average residential rates bill through Tea Tree Gully is $2,000 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Vista?
Across Tea Tree Gully, 574 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 35.6% 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 Vista in?
Vista sits within the federal Division of Makin, currently held by Tony Zappia (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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