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SA 5085 · Port Adelaide Enfield
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
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ABS 2021
Northfield, South Australia
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Northfield SA
Based on 57 sales in the preceding 12 months
$923,000
Up 9.2% over 12 months
Based on 59 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$625 per week
No change over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Northfield, SA is currently $923,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Northfield has a 12-month growth rate of 9.2% for houses and 21.1% for units.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $768,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $920,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $950,000 in Northfield.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Northfield is $625 per week. The median house rent has remained unchanged over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Northfield is $671,000, which has increased 21.1% since the same time last year. Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $620,000, Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $680,000 in Northfield. The median rent for units and apartments in Northfield is $475 per week and has increased 8.4% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Northfield is 6,048 offences per 100,000 residents — 61% above 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 Northfield.
Overall crime rate
6,048
offences per 100,000 residents
61% aboveGreater Adelaide
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Northfield SA 5085 is in South Australia, within Greater Adelaide.
5,043 people call Northfield home, with an average of 2.6 people per household and a median household income of $1,420 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.
6.6% of workers in Northfield worked from home on Census day — less common than across Greater Adelaide.
15.3% of Northfield residents were born in India, about twice the rate across Greater Adelaide.
23.7% of people in Northfield 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 Northfield SA 5085.
17.3% of Northfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Adelaide.
1,083 family households lived in Northfield; 51.2% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.
48.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Northfield had 5,043 residents at the 2021 Census.
41.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
19.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 80.9% of occupied private dwellings in Northfield.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.8% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
20.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
37.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.
41.9% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Northfield had 2.6 people.
One-person households made up 28.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
Two-person households represented 25.6%, while 26.7% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
6.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.
67.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
6.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
10.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
One-car households formed 36.6% of the total.
52.9% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
54.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.9% reported a different address.
40.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
39.1% of residents used only English at home.
41.5% used a language other than English at home.
2.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 2.4% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
40.8% of Northfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 59.2% was born in Australia.
1.5% of residents were born in China.
15.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 65.6%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 17.5% of ancestry responses in Northfield.
Australian ancestry made up 16.5% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 3.4% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
18.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.
Managers accounted for 8.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.2%.
Health care and social assistance employed 19.9% of workers, and education and training employed 4.9%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 48.6%, compared with 61.7% across Greater Adelaide.
26.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.0% worked part time.
Unemployment was 7.1%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
54.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.
7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
6.3% reported asthma, 6.8% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
29.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.0% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.2%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,420 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,580.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $307 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 6.6% in Northfield, compared with 9.8% across Greater Adelaide.
Outright ownership was 20.6% locally and 32.1% across Greater Adelaide. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Renting accounted for 41.9% in Northfield, against 29.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $923,000, while units and apartments sit at $671,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 1,083 local families, and 17.3% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
4-bedroom houses have a median around $950,000, 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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