Median price trend for houses
Based on 103 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,500,000
Up 6.6% over 12 months
- 1 bed
- $750k
- 2 bed
- $922k
- 3 bed
- $1.42m
- 4 bed
- $2.01m
- 5+ bed
- $1.89m
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The quick read on
Norwood
SA 5067 · Norwood Payneham and St Peters
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $1,500,000
- Median unit
- $873,000
- Population
- 6,354
- Postcode
- 5067
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ABS 2021
Norwood, South Australia
Property market insights for Norwood (SA)
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Norwood (SA) SA
Median rent trend for houses
Based on 135 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$725 per week
Up 7.4% over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Norwood (SA), SA is currently $1,500,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Norwood (SA) has a 12-month growth rate of 6.6% for houses and 9.1% for units.
One-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $750,000, Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $922,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,420,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $2,010,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $1,890,000 in Norwood (SA).
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Norwood (SA) is $725 per week. The median house rent has increased 7.4% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Norwood (SA) is $873,000, which has increased 9.1% since the same time last year. One-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $498,000, Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $820,000, Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $1,010,000 in Norwood (SA). The median rent for units and apartments in Norwood (SA) is $625 per week and has remained unchanged over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
Is Norwood safe?
The overall rate for Norwood is 6,346 offences per 100,000 residents — 69% 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 Norwood.
Overall crime rate
6,346
offences per 100,000 residents
69% aboveGreater Adelaide
NorwoodGreater 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 Norwood?
Norwood SA 5067 is in South Australia, within Greater Adelaide.
6,354 people call Norwood home, with an average of 2 people per household and a median household income of $1,752 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 6,354
- Median age
- 40 years
- Median mortgage
- $2,000 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $390 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineGreater Adelaide benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1511.9%Below
15–3429.5%Above
35–5424.9%Below
55–7424.7%Above
75 and over9.0%In line
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses34.5%Below
Townhouses50.0%Above
Apartments14.5%Above
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright32.2%In line
Paying a mortgage21.5%Below
Renting46.4%Above
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car11.2%Above
One car50.3%Above
Two cars30.3%Below
Three or more8.0%Below
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home14.6%Above
Drove to work47.6%Below
Train, tram or bus7.4%Above
Walked or cycled11.9%Above
What stands out in Norwood
14.6% of workers in Norwood worked from home on Census day — noticeably more common than across Greater Adelaide.
5.0% of Norwood residents were born in England.
48.2% of people in Norwood described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Norwood
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Norwood SA 5067.
Is Norwood family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
11.9% of Norwood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.
1,617 family households lived in Norwood; 32.0% were couple families and 13.4% were one-parent families.
28.4% 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 Norwood?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Norwood had 6,354 residents at the 2021 Census.
32.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
33.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
What kind of homes are in Norwood?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 34.5% of occupied private dwellings in Norwood.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 50.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 14.5% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
Do people own or rent in Norwood?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
32.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Adelaide.
21.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.
46.4% 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 Norwood?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Norwood had 2.0 people.
One-person households made up 38.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Two-person households represented 36.4%, while 12.4% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Norwood?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
14.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
47.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
7.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.9% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Norwood?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
11.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
One-car households formed 50.3% of the total.
38.4% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Norwood, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
45.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.6% reported a different address.
30.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
What languages are spoken in Norwood?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
72.6% of residents used only English at home.
22.9% used a language other than English at home.
4.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Norwood residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
30.9% of Norwood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.1% was born in Australia.
3.7% of residents were born in China.
2.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.5%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Norwood?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 34.9% of ancestry responses in Norwood.
Australian ancestry made up 24.0% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 7.6% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Norwood?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
39.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Managers accounted for 16.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.
Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.7%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Norwood?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 64.2%, compared with 61.7% across Greater Adelaide.
36.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.
Unemployment was 5.4%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Norwood show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
61.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.
9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
7.3% reported asthma, 8.1% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Norwood?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
40.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.4% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 14.4%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Norwood?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $1,752 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Norwood compare with Greater Adelaide?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 14.6% in Norwood, compared with 9.8% across Greater Adelaide.
Outright ownership was 32.2% locally and 32.1% across Greater Adelaide. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Adelaide.
Renting accounted for 46.4% in Norwood, 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 Norwood (SA)
Is Norwood (SA) expensive?
The median house price is $1,500,000, while units and apartments sit at $873,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Norwood (SA) good for families?
The Census counted 1,617 local families, and 11.9% 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 Norwood (SA)?
3-bedroom houses have a median around $1,420,000, 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 Norwood (SA)
92 streets in Norwood (SA)
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Alfred St
- Appelbee Cr
- Austral Pl
- Benson St
- Beulah Rd
- Beyer St
- Birrell St
- Bond St
- Bonney St
- Boskenna Ave
- Boswell Pl
- Brown St
- Cairns St
- Chapel St
- Charles St
- Charlotte Pl
- Church Ave
- Clara St
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- Clarke St
- Cleve St
- Coke St
- Colliver St
- Conigrave Ln
- Cyan Pl
- Cypress St
- Davis St
- Donegal St
- Eastry St
- Edmund St
- Edsall St
- Edward St
- Elizabeth St
- Essery St
- Fisher St
- Florence St
- Foster St
- Free St
- Fullarton Rd
- George St
- Gertrude St
- Gilbert St
- Gloucester Tce
- Gray St
- Hall St
- Hampton Gr
- Hardy Ln
- Harris St
- Henry St
- John St
- Kensington Rd
- Kingsborough Ln
- King St
- Magill Rd
- Margaret St
- Mattingley Lane
- Montrose Ave
- Moulden St
- Muller St
- North St
- Orange Ln
- Osmond Tce
- Oxford Pl
- Percival St
- Plane Tree Ln
- Polomka Ln
- Portrush Rd
- Prosser Ave
- Queen St
- Ravenswood Ave
- Rokeby Avenue
- Rosemont St
- Rose St
- Runge Pl
- Sheldon St
- Sheppards Ln
- Somerset Pl
- Stacey St
- Stanley St
- Stephen St
- Sydenham Rd
- Taylor St
- The Parade
- Theresa St
- Threlfall Ave
- Tolmer Pl
- Vernon St
- Wall Pl
- Wall St
- Webbe St
- William St
- Willis St
- Woods St
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