Median price trend for houses
Based on 10 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,370,000
Down 5.7% over 12 months
- 3 bed
- $1.37m
- 4 bed
- $1.54m
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The quick read on
Waterloo Corner
SA 5110 · Playford
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $1,370,000
- Median unit
- $468,000
- Population
- 1,103
- Postcode
- 5110
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ABS 2021
Waterloo Corner, South Australia
Property market insights for Waterloo Corner
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Waterloo Corner SA
Median rent trend for houses
Based on 12 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$575 per week
No change over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Waterloo Corner, SA is currently $1,370,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Waterloo Corner has a 12-month growth rate of -5.7% for houses.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,370,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,540,000 in Waterloo Corner.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Waterloo Corner is $575 per week. The median house rent has remained unchanged over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Waterloo Corner is $468,000. Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $470,000 in Waterloo Corner.
Crime and safety
Is Waterloo Corner safe?
The overall rate for Waterloo Corner is 7,585 offences per 100,000 residents — 102% 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 Waterloo Corner.
Overall crime rate
7,585
offences per 100,000 residents
102% aboveGreater Adelaide
Waterloo CornerGreater 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 Waterloo Corner?
Waterloo Corner SA 5110 is in South Australia, within Greater Adelaide.
1,103 people call Waterloo Corner home, with an average of 2.3 people per household and a median household income of $936 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 1,103
- Median age
- 58 years
- Median mortgage
- $1,695 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $225 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineGreater Adelaide benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1510.9%Below
15–3415.7%Below
35–5419.0%Below
55–7437.1%Above
75 and over17.8%Above
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses96.2%Above
Townhouses0.0%Below
Apartments0.0%Below
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright68.1%Above
Paying a mortgage19.2%Below
Renting12.7%Below
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car4.4%Below
One car44.5%Above
Two cars30.3%Below
Three or more22.0%Above
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home20.1%Above
Drove to work58.8%Below
Train, tram or bus0.0%Below
Walked or cycled6.5%Above
What stands out in Waterloo Corner
20.1% of workers in Waterloo Corner worked from home on Census day — about twice the rate across Greater Adelaide.
10.4% of Waterloo Corner residents were born in England, about twice the rate across Greater Adelaide.
23.8% of people in Waterloo Corner described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Waterloo Corner
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Waterloo Corner SA 5110.
Is Waterloo Corner family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
10.9% of Waterloo Corner's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Greater Adelaide average.
292 family households lived in Waterloo Corner; 34.9% were couple families and 7.2% were one-parent families.
21.6% 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 Waterloo Corner?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Waterloo Corner had 1,103 residents at the 2021 Census.
15.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
54.9% 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 Waterloo Corner?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 96.2% of occupied private dwellings in Waterloo Corner.
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 Waterloo Corner?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
68.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Adelaide rate.
19.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.
12.7% 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 Waterloo Corner?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Waterloo Corner had 2.3 people.
One-person households made up 29.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Adelaide average.
Two-person households represented 39.9%, while 18.5% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Waterloo Corner?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
20.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Greater Adelaide rate.
58.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Adelaide average.
0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.5% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Waterloo Corner?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 44.5% of the total.
52.3% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Waterloo Corner, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
75.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 24.1% reported a different address.
34.7% 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 Waterloo Corner?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
57.5% of residents used only English at home.
33.5% used a language other than English at home.
0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Waterloo Corner residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
34.7% of Waterloo Corner's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 65.3% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.6%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Waterloo Corner?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 27.1% of ancestry responses in Waterloo Corner.
Australian ancestry made up 20.8% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Waterloo Corner?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
8.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Adelaide rate.
Managers accounted for 28.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.
Health care and social assistance employed 7.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Waterloo Corner?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 37.8%, compared with 61.7% across Greater Adelaide.
20.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.9% worked part time.
Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Adelaide.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Waterloo Corner show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
47.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.
8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
10.1% reported asthma, 17.4% arthritis and 12.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Waterloo Corner?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
11.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Adelaide rate.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.6%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Waterloo Corner?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $936 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,695.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $225 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Waterloo Corner compare with Greater Adelaide?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 20.1% in Waterloo Corner, compared with 9.8% across Greater Adelaide.
Outright ownership was 68.1% locally and 32.1% across Greater Adelaide. That is about twice the Greater Adelaide rate.
Renting accounted for 12.7% in Waterloo Corner, 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 Waterloo Corner
Is Waterloo Corner expensive?
The median house price is $1,370,000, while units and apartments sit at $468,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Waterloo Corner good for families?
The Census counted 292 local families, and 10.9% 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 Waterloo Corner?
4-bedroom houses have a median around $1,540,000, 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 Waterloo Corner
44 streets in Waterloo Corner
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Alpha Ct
- Angle Vale Cr
- Anjanto Rd
- Barker Rd
- Berno Rd
- Brooks Rd
- Brown Rd
- Calvengrove Rd
- Casson Rd
- Coleman Rd
- Coleman Road
- Curnow Rd
- Davey Road
- Driver Rd
- Dunn Rd
- Flight Rd
- Flinders Rd
- Greyhound Rd
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- Heaslip Rd
- Huxtable Rd
- Jarmyn Rd
- Mccullum Rd
- Mcevoy Rd
- Mercer Rd
- Mill Rd
- Mumford Rd
- Norma Rd
- North South
- Port Wakefield Rd
- Roberts Ln
- Robinson Rd
- Ryan Rd
- Stanley Rd
- St Kilda Rd
- Supple Rd
- Symes Rd
- Symes Road
- Talbot Rd
- Tozer Rd
- Undo Rd
- Walsh Rd
- Waterloo Corner Rd
- White Rd
- Wilson St
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