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SA 5016 · 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
Peterhead, South Australia
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Peterhead SA
Based on 19 sales in the preceding 12 months
$805,000
Up 10.3% over 12 months
Based on 26 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$575 per week
No change over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Peterhead, SA is currently $805,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Peterhead has a 12-month growth rate of 10.3% for houses and 0.0% for units.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $801,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $805,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $950,000 in Peterhead.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Peterhead is $575 per week. The median house rent has remained unchanged over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Peterhead is $600,000, which has remained unchanged since the same time last year. The median rent for units and apartments in Peterhead is $475 per week and has decreased 9.5% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Peterhead is 4,302 offences per 100,000 residents — 14% 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 Peterhead.
Overall crime rate
4,302
offences per 100,000 residents
14% aboveGreater Adelaide
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Peterhead SA 5016 is in South Australia, within Greater Adelaide.
1,201 people call Peterhead home, with an average of 2.1 people per household and a median household income of $1,346 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.
5.2% of workers in Peterhead worked from home on Census day — about half the rate across Greater Adelaide.
5.5% of Peterhead residents were born in England.
56.0% of people in Peterhead 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 Peterhead SA 5016.
16.8% of Peterhead's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Adelaide.
330 family households lived in Peterhead; 32.1% were couple families and 26.1% were one-parent families.
38.5% 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.
Peterhead had 1,201 residents at the 2021 Census.
29.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
33.0% 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 69.9% of occupied private dwellings in Peterhead.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 24.2% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 7.2% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
24.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
45.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.
29.8% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Adelaide.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Peterhead had 2.1 people.
One-person households made up 39.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Two-person households represented 32.1%, while 12.8% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
5.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Adelaide rate.
70.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
4.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
7.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Adelaide.
One-car households formed 50.2% of the total.
41.1% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
61.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.5% reported a different address.
15.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
88.5% of residents used only English at home.
8.0% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
15.6% of Peterhead's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.4% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.6%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 44.6% of ancestry responses in Peterhead.
Australian ancestry made up 35.6% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
19.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.
Managers accounted for 11.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.6%.
Health care and social assistance employed 17.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 63.9%, compared with 61.7% across Greater Adelaide.
36.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.6% worked part time.
Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
56.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.
12.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
9.4% reported asthma, 10.4% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
17.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.5% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.6%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,346 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 5.2% in Peterhead, compared with 9.8% across Greater Adelaide.
Outright ownership was 24.3% locally and 32.1% across Greater Adelaide. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Renting accounted for 29.8% in Peterhead, against 29.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $805,000, while units and apartments sit at $600,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 330 local families, and 16.8% 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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