Median price trend for houses
Based on 2 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,000,000
Down 21.6% over 12 months
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The quick read on
Basket Range
SA 5138 · Adelaide Hills
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $1,000,000
- Population
- 364
- Postcode
- 5138
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Basket Range, South Australia
Property market insights for Basket Range
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Basket Range SA
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Basket Range, SA is currently $1,000,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Basket Range has a 12-month growth rate of -21.6% for houses.
Crime and safety
Is Basket Range safe?
The overall rate for Basket Range is 835 offences per 100,000 residents — 78% 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 Basket Range.
Overall crime rate
835
offences per 100,000 residents
78% belowGreater Adelaide
Basket RangeGreater Adelaide: 3,761
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Who lives in Basket Range?
Basket Range SA 5138 is in South Australia, within Greater Adelaide.
364 people call Basket Range home, with an average of 2.9 people per household and a median household income of $1,988 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 364
- Median age
- 43 years
- Median mortgage
- $1,907 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $363 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineGreater Adelaide benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1519.5%Above
15–3419.2%Below
35–5428.6%Above
55–7428.0%Above
75 and over4.1%Below
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses103.6%Above
Townhouses0.0%Below
Apartments0.0%Below
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright37.6%Above
Paying a mortgage45.0%Above
Renting17.4%Below
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car0.0%Below
One car15.5%Below
Two cars52.7%Above
Three or more31.8%Above
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home17.6%Above
Drove to work58.2%Below
Train, tram or bus1.6%Below
Walked or cycled4.9%Above
What stands out in Basket Range
17.6% of workers in Basket Range worked from home on Census day — about twice the rate across Greater Adelaide.
7.4% of Basket Range residents were born in England.
59.6% of people in Basket Range described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Basket Range
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Basket Range SA 5138.
Is Basket Range family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
19.5% of Basket Range's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
100 family households lived in Basket Range; 52.0% were couple families and 7.0% were one-parent families.
36.0% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Adelaide.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
What is the age profile of Basket Range?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Basket Range had 364 residents at the 2021 Census.
23.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
32.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
What kind of homes are in Basket Range?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 103.6% of occupied private dwellings in Basket Range.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% 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.
Do people own or rent in Basket Range?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
37.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
45.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.
17.4% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
How large are households in Basket Range?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Basket Range had 2.9 people.
One-person households made up 12.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Adelaide rate.
Two-person households represented 37.1%, while 25.0% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Basket Range?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
17.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Greater Adelaide rate.
58.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.
1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.9% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Basket Range?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Adelaide rate.
One-car households formed 15.5% of the total.
84.5% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Basket Range, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
76.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 24.0% reported a different address.
15.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
What languages are spoken in Basket Range?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
87.4% of residents used only English at home.
3.6% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Basket Range residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
15.7% of Basket Range's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.3% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.0%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Basket Range?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 42.0% of ancestry responses in Basket Range.
Australian ancestry made up 37.9% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Basket Range?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
30.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Managers accounted for 20.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.9%.
Health care and social assistance employed 15.9% of workers, and education and training employed 14.3%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Basket Range?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 65.5%, compared with 61.7% across Greater Adelaide.
32.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.7% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Basket Range show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
61.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.
7.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
7.7% reported asthma, 7.1% arthritis and 1.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Basket Range?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
37.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.8% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 15.6%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Basket Range?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $1,988 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,907.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $363 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Basket Range compare with Greater Adelaide?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 17.6% in Basket Range, compared with 9.8% across Greater Adelaide.
Outright ownership was 37.6% locally and 32.1% across Greater Adelaide. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
Renting accounted for 17.4% in Basket Range, against 29.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
A buyer’s quick guide to Basket Range
Is Basket Range expensive?
The median house price is $1,000,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Basket Range good for families?
The Census counted 100 local families, and 19.5% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
What can I get for $1.5m in Basket Range?
The free data does not have a dependable bedroom breakdown for this suburb. Compare the current house and unit medians above, then use live listings to see what a $1.5m budget buys today.
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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Streets and suburbs around Basket Range
21 streets in Basket Range
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Basket Range Road
- Blockers Rd
- Boundary Rd
- Burdetts Rd
- Cramond Rd
- Deviation Rd
- Glenelg Hwy
- Hunters Rd
- Knotts Hill Rd
- Lindner Ave
- Lobethal Rd
- Mawson Rd
- Merchants Rd
- Nicols Rd
- Range Rd
- Ranns Rd North
- Raymonds Rd
- Rivenwood Ln
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- Steer Rd
- Taylors Rd
- Wyes Rd
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