Free market report · Data to July 2026
Adelaide Hills property market
Adelaide Hills is one of the 453 council areas we track on the Australian property clock. This page is the plain-numbers read: where it sits in the cycle, who lives there, what's being built, and the suburbs inside it.
Houses · cycle position
Slowing
The Adelaide Hills house market is still growing, but the pace has come off its fastest point. Slowing markets often keep rising for years, just less quickly.
-4% to +13%
Modelled 12-month price range
+1.4%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Slowing
The unit market is still growing, but the pace has come off its fastest point. Slowing markets often keep rising for years, just less quickly.
-1% to +10%
Modelled 12-month price range
-0.4%
Modelled 12-month rent change
The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. See Adelaide Hills on the clock.
The people
Who lives in Adelaide Hills.
Population · ABS estimates
42,875
People (2025)
+0.9%
Growth per year, last 5 years
Steady growth. Not a boom town, not going backwards.
Households · Census 2021
44
Median age
$2,067
Median household income per week
86% own or are paying off their home, 11% rent. An owner-occupier market at heart, which tends to steady prices through the cycle.
New supply
What's being approved to build.
Building approvals are tomorrow's supply. A market where approvals are falling while population grows is a market where pressure builds. The reverse deserves caution.
Dwellings approved · ABS
95 of the latest year's approvals were houses. Approvals are trending down: new supply is thinning out.
Jobs and investment
Who's working, and what's being spent.
Jobs pay mortgages and rents. Government and commercial building spend is where future jobs come from: schools, hospitals, shops and factories all get approved before they get built.
Jobs · SALM, March 2026
24,630
Employed residents
2.2%
Unemployment (national 4.2%)
2,927 more residents are in work than five years ago (+13.5%). That is strong jobs growth, and it usually shows up in housing demand with a lag.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$54m
All sectors, FY26
$4m
Public sector (government projects)
| Year | Government | All non-residential |
|---|---|---|
| FY24 | $900k | $11m |
| FY25 | $282k | $14m |
| FY26 | $4m | $54m |
Public building spend here is trending up. Governments build where they expect people. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report below.
Inside the LGA
The suburbs of Adelaide Hills.
All 51 suburbs and localities in Adelaide Hills
Aldgate · Ashton · Balhannah · Basket Range · Birdwood · Bradbury · Bridgewater · Carey Gully · Castambul · Chain Of Ponds · Charleston · Cherryville · Cleland · Crafers · Crafers West · Cudlee Creek · Forest Range · Forreston · Greenhill · Gumeracha · Heathfield · Horsnell Gully · Houghton · Humbug Scrub · Inglewood · Ironbank · Kenton Valley · Kersbrook · Lenswood · Lobethal · Longwood · Lower Hermitage · Marble Hill · Millbrook · Montacute · Mount George · Mount Torrens · Mylor · Norton Summit · Oakbank · Paracombe · Piccadilly · Scott Creek · Stirling · Summertown · Teringie · Upper Sturt · Uraidla · Verdun · Woodforde · Woodside
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This page is the public data. The full report is the licensed feed: 10 years of prices, rents and vacancy over time, days on market, demand, and the supply pipeline, for Adelaide Hills or any suburb in it. Same data we run for clients. I pull it and email it through, usually within a business day. No charge, and no 14-part email sequence after it.
General information only, not financial or investment advice. Cycle positions and projections are modelled LGA-level figures to July 2026 (licensed market analytics). Population and approvals are ABS estimates; employment is SALM smoothed data; income, age and tenure are Census 2021. None of it can see street quality, flood maps, zoning or the contract, which is where deals are actually won and lost. Get advice on your own situation before acting.
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