Yatala Vale ^{SA 5126}

Recorded crime in Yatala Vale is low (14/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident).

Yatala Vale has a moderate recorded bushfire history (60/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a high share of it (90/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Yatala Vale, SA had a population of 260 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

The postcode for Yatala Vale, SA is 5126.

Yatala Vale is 23 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 35 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Yatala Vale was $131,612 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

There are too few current rental listings in Yatala Vale for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $370, across all dwelling types.

The median age of residents in Yatala Vale was 49 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Yatala Vale has a moderate recorded bushfire history (60/100). 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.

Yatala Vale scores 25/100 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.

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Yatala Vale (Elizabeth) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.5 µg/m³ and PM10 of 18.7 µg/m³. That puts Yatala Vale below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Yatala Vale, 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.

The median sale price for houses in Yatala Vale was $590,000 in the Q4 2021 quarter, based on a small sample of 1 sales — take as indicative.

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.

Yatala Vale sits within the Tea Tree Gully local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

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.

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.

Yatala Vale sits within the federal Division of Makin, currently held by Tony Zappia (Australian Labor Party).