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ABS 2021
Woodville North, South Australia
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Woodville North SA
Based on 21 sales in the preceding 12 months
$900,000
Up 18.0% over 12 months
Based on 39 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$625 per week
Up 2.1% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Woodville North, SA is currently $900,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Woodville North has a 12-month growth rate of 18.0% for houses and 13.0% for units.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,300,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $884,000 in Woodville North.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Woodville North is $625 per week. The median house rent has increased 2.1% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Woodville North is $610,000, which has increased 13.0% since the same time last year. Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $590,000, Four-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $823,000 in Woodville North. The median rent for units and apartments in Woodville North is $525 per week and has decreased 8.7% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Woodville North is 5,701 offences per 100,000 residents — 52% 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 Woodville North.
Overall crime rate
5,701
offences per 100,000 residents
52% aboveGreater Adelaide
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Woodville North SA 5012 is in South Australia, within Greater Adelaide.
2,721 people call Woodville North home, with an average of 2.6 people per household and a median household income of $1,341 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.
4.6% of workers in Woodville North worked from home on Census day — about half the rate across Greater Adelaide.
15.1% of Woodville North residents were born in Vietnam, about twice the rate across Greater Adelaide.
29.6% of people in Woodville North 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 Woodville North SA 5012.
16.3% of Woodville North's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
690 family households lived in Woodville North; 44.2% were couple families and 23.8% were one-parent families.
38.3% 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.
Woodville North had 2,721 residents at the 2021 Census.
30.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
26.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 57.4% of occupied private dwellings in Woodville North.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 40.2% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
24.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
32.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.
43.7% 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 Woodville North had 2.6 people.
One-person households made up 29.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
Two-person households represented 28.0%, while 25.8% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
4.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Adelaide rate.
68.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
5.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
11.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
One-car households formed 37.8% of the total.
50.8% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
58.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.0% reported a different address.
46.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
42.6% of residents used only English at home.
53.5% used a language other than English at home.
1.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
46.4% of Woodville North's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 53.6% was born in Australia.
1.5% of residents were born in China.
6.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.8%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 18.4% of ancestry responses in Woodville North.
Australian ancestry made up 16.8% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 6.8% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
14.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Managers accounted for 7.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.
Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 5.7%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 60.8%, compared with 61.7% across Greater Adelaide.
31.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.7% worked part time.
Unemployment was 7.4%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
66.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.
6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
6.3% reported asthma, 6.8% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
30.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.4% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.2%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,341 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,513.
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 4.6% in Woodville North, compared with 9.8% across Greater Adelaide.
Outright ownership was 24.0% locally and 32.1% across Greater Adelaide. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Renting accounted for 43.7% in Woodville North, against 29.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $900,000, while units and apartments sit at $610,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 690 local families, and 16.3% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
2-bedroom houses have a median around $1,300,000, 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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