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ABS 2021
Eden Hills, South Australia
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Eden Hills SA
Based on 41 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,210,000
Up 22.5% over 12 months
Based on 24 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$675 per week
No change over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Eden Hills, SA is currently $1,210,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Eden Hills has a 12-month growth rate of 22.5% for houses.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $895,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,090,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,270,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $1,460,000 in Eden Hills.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Eden Hills is $675 per week. The median house rent has remained unchanged over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Eden Hills is $575,000.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Eden Hills is 2,636 offences per 100,000 residents — 30% below the Greater Adelaide benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Eden Hills.
Overall crime rate
2,636
offences per 100,000 residents
30% belowGreater Adelaide
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Eden Hills SA 5050 is in South Australia, within Greater Adelaide.
3,020 people call Eden Hills home, with an average of 2.7 people per household and a median household income of $2,062 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
13.2% of workers in Eden Hills worked from home on Census day — noticeably more common than across Greater Adelaide.
8.2% of Eden Hills residents were born in England.
60.0% of people in Eden Hills described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Eden Hills SA 5050.
17.7% of Eden Hills's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
872 family households lived in Eden Hills; 47.8% were couple families and 15.1% were one-parent families.
35.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Eden Hills had 3,020 residents at the 2021 Census.
21.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
32.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 95.1% of occupied private dwellings in Eden Hills.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
41.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
46.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.
11.9% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Adelaide rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Eden Hills had 2.7 people.
One-person households made up 20.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Two-person households represented 33.8%, while 28.0% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
13.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
57.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
6.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Adelaide rate.
One-car households formed 31.1% of the total.
67.9% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
67.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.1% reported a different address.
24.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
86.8% of residents used only English at home.
11.1% used a language other than English at home.
1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
24.2% of Eden Hills's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.8% was born in Australia.
1.0% of residents were born in China.
1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.8%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 44.9% of ancestry responses in Eden Hills.
Australian ancestry made up 35.5% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 2.5% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
32.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Managers accounted for 14.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.
Health care and social assistance employed 19.9% of workers, and education and training employed 14.8%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 66.3%, compared with 61.7% across Greater Adelaide.
34.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.6% worked part time.
Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
60.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.
9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
8.6% reported asthma, 8.1% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
33.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.2% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.4%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,062 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,842.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $388 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 13.2% in Eden Hills, compared with 9.8% across Greater Adelaide.
Outright ownership was 41.9% locally and 32.1% across Greater Adelaide. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Renting accounted for 11.9% in Eden Hills, against 29.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $1,210,000, while units and apartments sit at $575,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 872 local families, and 17.7% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
Larger houses have a median around $1,460,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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