Median price trend for houses
Based on 29 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,000,000
Up 13.6% over 12 months
- 3 bed
- $970k
- 4 bed
- $994k
- 5+ bed
- $1.3m
Aerial view
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The quick read on
Onkaparinga Hills
SA 5163 · Onkaparinga
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $1,000,000
- Population
- 2,610
- Postcode
- 5163
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Onkaparinga Hills, South Australia
Property market insights for Onkaparinga Hills
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Onkaparinga Hills SA
Median rent trend for houses
Based on 5 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$700 per week
Up 12.0% over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Onkaparinga Hills, SA is currently $1,000,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Onkaparinga Hills has a 12-month growth rate of 13.6% for houses.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $970,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $994,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $1,300,000 in Onkaparinga Hills.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Onkaparinga Hills is $700 per week. The median house rent has increased 12.0% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
Is Onkaparinga Hills safe?
The overall rate for Onkaparinga Hills is 2,081 offences per 100,000 residents — 45% 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 Onkaparinga Hills.
Overall crime rate
2,081
offences per 100,000 residents
45% belowGreater Adelaide
Onkaparinga HillsGreater 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 Onkaparinga Hills?
Onkaparinga Hills SA 5163 is in South Australia, within Greater Adelaide.
2,610 people call Onkaparinga Hills home, with an average of 2.9 people per household and a median household income of $2,078 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 2,610
- Median age
- 45 years
- Median mortgage
- $1,625 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $385 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineGreater Adelaide benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1516.4%Below
15–3422.3%Below
35–5426.4%In line
55–7429.0%Above
75 and over5.7%Below
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses99.5%Above
Townhouses0.6%Below
Apartments0.0%Below
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright40.3%Above
Paying a mortgage55.2%Above
Renting4.5%Below
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car0.7%Below
One car18.5%Below
Two cars41.8%Above
Three or more39.1%Above
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home9.0%Below
Drove to work68.0%Above
Train, tram or bus2.3%Below
Walked or cycled0.7%Below
What stands out in Onkaparinga Hills
9.0% of workers in Onkaparinga Hills worked from home on Census day.
10.4% of Onkaparinga Hills residents were born in England, about twice the rate across Greater Adelaide.
55.8% of people in Onkaparinga Hills described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Onkaparinga Hills
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Onkaparinga Hills SA 5163.
Is Onkaparinga Hills family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
16.4% of Onkaparinga Hills's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
795 family households lived in Onkaparinga Hills; 46.8% were couple families and 9.4% were one-parent families.
29.4% 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 Onkaparinga Hills?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Onkaparinga Hills had 2,610 residents at the 2021 Census.
19.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
34.8% 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 Onkaparinga Hills?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 99.5% of occupied private dwellings in Onkaparinga Hills.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.6% 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 Onkaparinga Hills?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
40.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
55.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.
4.5% 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 Onkaparinga Hills?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Onkaparinga Hills had 2.9 people.
One-person households made up 11.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Adelaide rate.
Two-person households represented 38.5%, while 32.6% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Onkaparinga Hills?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
9.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
68.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Adelaide average.
2.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Onkaparinga Hills?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
0.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Adelaide rate.
One-car households formed 18.5% of the total.
80.9% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Onkaparinga Hills, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
76.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.8% reported a different address.
18.7% 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 Onkaparinga Hills?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
92.8% of residents used only English at home.
4.5% used a language other than English at home.
0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Onkaparinga Hills residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
18.7% of Onkaparinga Hills's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.3% was born in Australia.
0.2% of residents were born in China.
0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.7%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Onkaparinga Hills?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 49.3% of ancestry responses in Onkaparinga Hills.
Australian ancestry made up 42.4% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Onkaparinga Hills?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
15.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Managers accounted for 13.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.3%.
Health care and social assistance employed 16.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Onkaparinga Hills?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 66.3%, compared with 61.7% across Greater Adelaide.
36.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.5% 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 Onkaparinga Hills show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
58.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.
9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
8.4% reported asthma, 11.0% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Onkaparinga Hills?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
17.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.5% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.1%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Onkaparinga Hills?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $2,078 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $385 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Onkaparinga Hills compare with Greater Adelaide?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 9.0% in Onkaparinga Hills, compared with 9.8% across Greater Adelaide.
Outright ownership was 40.3% locally and 32.1% across Greater Adelaide. That is well above the Greater Adelaide average.
Renting accounted for 4.5% in Onkaparinga Hills, 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 Onkaparinga Hills
Is Onkaparinga Hills expensive?
The median house price is $1,000,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Onkaparinga Hills good for families?
The Census counted 795 local families, and 16.4% 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 Onkaparinga Hills?
Larger 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.
Explore the area
Streets and suburbs around Onkaparinga Hills
63 streets in Onkaparinga Hills
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Ambrosini Court
- Angalea Pl
- Armata Rd
- Ashmore Pl
- Bains Rd
- Burnside Dr
- Calderstones Dr
- Chelmsford Ave
- Clark Ave
- Coxs Hill Rd
- Craig Rd
- Echidna Ch
- Education Rd
- Elmwood Ct
- Emu Creek Ln
- Fernilee Ct
- Foxfield Dr
- Gateacre
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- Glenburn Cl
- Greensborough Ct
- Harbury Ct
- Heathcote Pl
- Highet Ln
- Holmeswood Ct
- Houndsgate Ct
- Kellys Rd
- Kimbley Rd
- Kings Hill Cct
- Kingswood Ave
- Knox Dr
- Malvern
- Montrose Ct
- Nash Rd
- Northumberland Rd
- Northwood
- Nursery Ln
- Oldborough Dr
- Olde Gum Tree Dr
- Panalatinga Rd
- Parkgate Ct
- Paxton
- Penneys
- Piggott Range Rd
- Pimpala Rd
- Pine Rd
- Pitcher Pl
- Richmond Gr
- Rochdale Ct
- Saddler Ct
- Spriggs Rd
- States Rd
- St Ives
- Stone Bridge Dr
- St Vincents
- The Common
- Thornhill Pl
- Tusmore Dr
- Unley Ct
- Upper Penneys Hill Rd
- Vines Cross Cr
- Walford Dr
- Wareham Pl
- Windrush
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