Median price trend for houses
Based on 3 sales in the preceding 12 months
$2,280,000
Up 78.4% over 12 months
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The quick read on
Carey Gully
SA 5144 · Adelaide Hills
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $2,280,000
- Population
- 428
- Postcode
- 5144
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Carey Gully, South Australia
Property market insights for Carey Gully
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Carey Gully SA
Median rent trend for houses
Up 5.6% over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Carey Gully, SA is currently $2,280,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Carey Gully has a 12-month growth rate of 78.4% for houses.
The median house rent has increased 5.6% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
Is Carey Gully safe?
The overall rate for Carey Gully is 3,246 offences per 100,000 residents — 14% 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 Carey Gully.
Overall crime rate
3,246
offences per 100,000 residents
14% belowGreater Adelaide
Carey GullyGreater 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 Carey Gully?
Carey Gully SA 5144 is in South Australia, within Greater Adelaide.
428 people call Carey Gully home, with an average of 2.6 people per household and a median household income of $1,699 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 428
- Median age
- 53 years
- Median mortgage
- $2,200 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $300 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineGreater Adelaide benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1512.9%Below
15–3417.1%Below
35–5423.4%Below
55–7437.9%Above
75 and over10.0%Above
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses98.1%Above
Townhouses0.0%Below
Apartments0.0%Below
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright49.7%Above
Paying a mortgage38.9%In line
Renting11.5%Below
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car4.4%Below
One car16.3%Below
Two cars37.5%Above
Three or more38.1%Above
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home13.6%Above
Drove to work57.0%Below
Train, tram or bus2.8%Below
Walked or cycled3.3%In line
What stands out in Carey Gully
13.6% of workers in Carey Gully worked from home on Census day — noticeably more common than across Greater Adelaide.
6.3% of Carey Gully residents were born in England.
56.1% of people in Carey Gully described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Carey Gully
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Carey Gully SA 5144.
Is Carey Gully family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
12.9% of Carey Gully's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.
129 family households lived in Carey Gully; 44.2% were couple families and 2.3% were one-parent families.
23.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
What is the age profile of Carey Gully?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Carey Gully had 428 residents at the 2021 Census.
15.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
47.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
What kind of homes are in Carey Gully?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 98.1% of occupied private dwellings in Carey Gully.
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 Carey Gully?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
49.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
38.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.
11.5% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Adelaide rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
How large are households in Carey Gully?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Carey Gully had 2.6 people.
One-person households made up 19.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Two-person households represented 41.5%, while 23.3% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Carey Gully?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
13.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
57.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
2.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.3% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Carey Gully?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
4.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.
One-car households formed 16.3% of the total.
75.6% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Carey Gully, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
70.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.8% reported a different address.
20.3% 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 Carey Gully?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
85.0% of residents used only English at home.
11.0% used a language other than English at home.
2.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Carey Gully residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
20.3% of Carey Gully's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.7% was born in Australia.
1.2% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.4%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Carey Gully?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 40.0% of ancestry responses in Carey Gully.
Australian ancestry made up 35.3% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 3.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Carey Gully?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
28.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
Managers accounted for 23.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.
Health care and social assistance employed 14.0% of workers, and education and training employed 13.1%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Carey Gully?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 59.6%, compared with 61.7% across Greater Adelaide.
33.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Carey Gully show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
59.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.
7.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
6.5% reported asthma, 11.2% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Carey Gully?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
34.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.9% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 20.9%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Carey Gully?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $1,699 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.
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.
How does Carey Gully compare with Greater Adelaide?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 13.6% in Carey Gully, compared with 9.8% across Greater Adelaide.
Outright ownership was 49.7% locally and 32.1% across Greater Adelaide. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Renting accounted for 11.5% in Carey Gully, 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 Carey Gully
Is Carey Gully expensive?
The median house price is $2,280,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Carey Gully good for families?
The Census counted 129 local families, and 12.9% 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 Carey Gully?
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 Carey Gully
18 streets in Carey Gully
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Badenoch Rd
- Basket Range Road
- Boundary Dr
- Bowling Green Rd
- Carey Gully Rd
- Deviation Rd
- Greenhill Rd
- Gully Rd
- Gum Flat Rd
- Kneen Ln
- Muller Rd
- Nicols Rd
- Ostigh Rd
- Parish Hill Rd
- Rangeview Dr
- Ranns Rd South
- Sharps Rd
- Tanahmerah Rd
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