Median price trend for houses
Based on 100 sales in the preceding 12 months
$960,000
Up 8.5% over 12 months
- 2 bed
- $785k
- 3 bed
- $970k
- 4 bed
- $1.11m
- 5+ bed
- $1.36m
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The quick read on
Blair Athol
SA 5084 · Port Adelaide Enfield
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $960,000
- Median unit
- $639,000
- Population
- 5,274
- Postcode
- 5084
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ABS 2021
Blair Athol, South Australia
Property market insights for Blair Athol (SA)
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Blair Athol (SA) SA
Median rent trend for houses
Based on 72 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$650 per week
Up 4.0% over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Blair Athol (SA), SA is currently $960,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Blair Athol (SA) has a 12-month growth rate of 8.5% for houses and 3.1% for units.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $785,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $970,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,110,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $1,360,000 in Blair Athol (SA).
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Blair Athol (SA) is $650 per week. The median house rent has increased 4.0% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Blair Athol (SA) is $639,000, which has increased 3.1% since the same time last year. Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $509,000, Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $735,000 in Blair Athol (SA). The median rent for units and apartments in Blair Athol (SA) is $600 per week and has increased 26.3% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
Is Blair Athol safe?
The overall rate for Blair Athol is 10,023 offences per 100,000 residents — 167% 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 Blair Athol.
Overall crime rate
10,023
offences per 100,000 residents
167% aboveGreater Adelaide
Blair AtholGreater 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 Blair Athol?
Blair Athol SA 5084 is in South Australia, within Greater Adelaide.
5,274 people call Blair Athol home, with an average of 2.8 people per household and a median household income of $1,459 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 5,274
- Median age
- 32 years
- Median mortgage
- $1,600 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $321 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineGreater Adelaide benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1518.1%Above
15–3436.3%Above
35–5425.3%Below
55–7416.1%Below
75 and over4.2%Below
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses79.0%Above
Townhouses14.3%Below
Apartments5.5%Below
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright22.0%Below
Paying a mortgage31.4%Below
Renting46.5%Above
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car10.1%Above
One car35.9%Below
Two cars34.9%Below
Three or more18.9%Above
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home7.4%Below
Drove to work65.5%Above
Train, tram or bus5.6%Above
Walked or cycled1.8%Below
What stands out in Blair Athol
7.4% of workers in Blair Athol worked from home on Census day.
9.5% of Blair Athol residents were born in India, about twice the rate across Greater Adelaide.
24.2% of people in Blair Athol described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Blair Athol
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Blair Athol SA 5084.
Is Blair Athol family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
18.1% of Blair Athol's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
1,198 family households lived in Blair Athol; 46.1% were couple families and 20.1% were one-parent families.
44.2% 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.
What is the age profile of Blair Athol?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Blair Athol had 5,274 residents at the 2021 Census.
35.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
20.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
What kind of homes are in Blair Athol?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 79.0% of occupied private dwellings in Blair Athol.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.3% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 5.5% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
Do people own or rent in Blair Athol?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
22.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
31.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.
46.5% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
How large are households in Blair Athol?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Blair Athol had 2.8 people.
One-person households made up 24.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.
Two-person households represented 28.4%, while 30.9% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Blair Athol?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
7.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
65.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
5.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Blair Athol?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
10.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
One-car households formed 35.9% of the total.
53.7% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Blair Athol, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
45.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.9% reported a different address.
48.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
What languages are spoken in Blair Athol?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
39.7% of residents used only English at home.
53.9% used a language other than English at home.
1.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.3% spoke Cantonese and 2.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Blair Athol residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
48.0% of Blair Athol's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 52.0% was born in Australia.
1.4% of residents were born in China.
9.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 70.0%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Blair Athol?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 17.4% of ancestry responses in Blair Athol.
Australian ancestry made up 17.0% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 4.7% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Blair Athol?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
19.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.
Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.8%.
Health care and social assistance employed 14.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Blair Athol?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 59.2%, compared with 61.7% across Greater Adelaide.
30.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.
Unemployment was 9.3%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Blair Athol show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
65.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.
8.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
6.5% reported asthma, 5.9% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Blair Athol?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
28.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Adelaide.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.9% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.8%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Blair Athol?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $1,459 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,600.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $321 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Blair Athol compare with Greater Adelaide?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 7.4% in Blair Athol, compared with 9.8% across Greater Adelaide.
Outright ownership was 22.0% locally and 32.1% across Greater Adelaide. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Renting accounted for 46.5% in Blair Athol, 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 Blair Athol (SA)
Is Blair Athol (SA) expensive?
The median house price is $960,000, while units and apartments sit at $639,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Blair Athol (SA) good for families?
The Census counted 1,198 local families, and 18.1% 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 Blair Athol (SA)?
Larger houses have a median around $1,360,000, 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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Streets and suburbs around Blair Athol (SA)
80 streets in Blair Athol (SA)
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Alice Ave
- Angwin Ave
- Anson St
- Anson Street East
- Anson Street West
- Ashburton St
- Athol Ave
- Audrey Ave
- Bartley Ct
- Barton St
- Bent St
- Birmingham St
- Blount St
- Brentnall Ave
- Brookman Ct
- Burchmore Ct
- Cambridge Street
- Cameron St
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- Cedarwood Gr
- Clifton St
- Crawford St
- Deakin St
- Donald St
- Dorinda Street
- Dover St
- Dunmore St
- Elizabeth St
- Enfield Ave
- Enmore Lane
- Fisher St
- Florence Ave
- Forrest St
- Forster St
- Glenview Ave
- Grand Junction Rd
- Hazel St
- Houston Avenue
- Hughes St
- Jaffrey Street
- Kayes Ave
- Kelsh St
- Kings Ave
- Latrobe St
- Launceston Street
- Lea Ct
- Leslie Ave
- Lily St
- Lionel Ave
- Lorne Ave
- Madge St
- Magarey Ct
- Main North Rd
- Manuel Ave
- Marmion Ave
- Meadows Ave
- Milford Ave
- Mitford Lane
- Owen Ave
- Preston Street
- Prince Ave
- Prospect Rd
- Robert St
- Rosedale Ave
- Ross Ave
- Rushworth St
- Seaview Gr
- Shannon St
- Sheffield Cr
- Southport St
- Stanley Ave
- St Clements St
- Stone St
- Surrey St
- Sylvia St
- The Crescent
- The Parade
- Trigg St
- Tudor St
- Warren Ave
- Wentworth St
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