Holdfast Bay
39,683 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 14 km², 12 suburbs. Council website: holdfast.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to Aug 2026.
Population
39,683
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.8% in a year
Density
2,876/km²
14 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.4M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$39
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
7.5 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to Aug 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
12
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 48
- Median household income
- $1,604/week
- Median rent
- $340/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,950/month
- Households renting
- 29.1%
- Average household
- 2.2 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 9 of 10
Suburbs
12 suburbs where Holdfast Bay holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenelg North | 6,594 | 83% | $1.5MSept 2026 | 25% / 0% | 9 |
| Somerton Park | 5,811 | All | $1.8MSept 2026 | 37% / 0% | 9 |
| Glenelg East | 3,855 | All | $1.9MSept 2026 | 38% / 0% | 9 |
| Brighton (SA) | 3,834 | All | $1.4MSept 2026 | 47% / 0% | 9 |
| Glenelg (SA) | 3,440 | All | $1.9MSept 2026 | 34% / 0% | 8 |
| Hove | 3,189 | All | $1.5MSept 2026 | 41% / 0% | 9 |
| South Brighton | 2,763 | All | $1.2MSept 2026 | 48% / 0% | 8 |
| North Brighton | 2,665 | All | $1.7MSept 2026 | 64% / 0% | 7 |
| Seacliff Park | 2,644 | 61% | $1.2MSept 2026 | 12% / 0% | 8 |
| Glenelg South | 2,184 | All | $1.9MSept 2026 | 46% / 0% | 9 |
| Seacliff | 2,117 | All | $1.5MSept 2026 | 29% / 0% | 9 |
| Kingston Park | 623 | All | $1.6MJune 2026 | 37% / 0% | 9 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 12 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending June 2026 to Sept 2026).
- Lowest suburb median
- $1.2M
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.5M
- Highest suburb median
- $1.9M
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Boothby · Louise MILLER-FROST (ALP)100%
State districts
- Gibson · Sarah Andrews (ALP)41%
- Morphett · Stephen Patterson (LIB)40%
- Black · David Speirs (LIB)19%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 3 suburbs of this council. An aggregate only: published at 3 or more cut listings council-wide (cuts in every crawled suburb count), and a suburb is named only when it has 3 of its own. Computed 9 Nov 2026; newest crawl observation 9 Nov 2026.
- Listings cut
- 17
- of 149 tracked
- Share cut
- 11.4%
- Typical cut
- 5.4%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Glenelg North (9), Glenelg (SA) (4), Somerton Park (4). All price drops →
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every South Australia council on the council map or the South Australia council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Asking-price cuts: Shorted listing crawl, aggregates only. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-11-05.