Norwood Payneham and St Peters

40,845 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 15 km², 21 suburbs. Council website: npsp.sa.gov.au.

Council series run to Aug 2026.

Population

40,845

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.6% in a year

Density

2,705/km²

15 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$1.3M

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

5.8 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

Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)

Trends

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025

Council-wide median sale pricesABS Data by Region: median transfer price across the whole council by financial year, 2018-19–2023-24. Not any one suburb's price.

Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-08

Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

People and housing

Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).

Median age: 41
Median household income: $1,664/week
Median rent: $340/week
Median mortgage repayment: $2,000/month
Households renting: 36.3%
Average household: 2.2 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 9 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 9 of 10

Suburbs

21 suburbs where Norwood Payneham and St Peters 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
Norwood (SA)	6,354	All	$2.3MSept 2026	16% / 0%	10
St Peters (SA)	3,231	All	$2.0MSept 2026	28% / 0%	10
Marden	2,645	All	$1.6MSept 2026	28% / 0%	7
Felixstow	2,477	All	$1.3MSept 2026	30% / 0%	7
Payneham	2,438	All	$1.8MSept 2026	35% / 0%	7
Glynde	2,102	All	$1.2MSept 2026	19% / 0%	6
Kensington (SA)	1,808	All	$1.7MSept 2026	26% / 0%	7
Payneham South	1,731	All	$1.7MSept 2026	19% / 0%	7
St Morris	1,598	All	$2.0MSept 2026	23% / 0%	9
Firle	1,508	All	$1.5MSept 2026	17% / 0%	7
Maylands (SA)	1,508	All	$1.1MSept 2026	31% / 0%	10
Kent Town	1,443	All	$2.5MSept 2026	29% / 0%	8
Evandale (SA)	1,378	All	$1.9MSept 2026	20% / 0%	9
Trinity Gardens	1,264	All	$1.9MSept 2026	25% / 0%	9
Royston Park	1,246	All	$1.9MSept 2026	17% / 0%	10
Joslin	1,243	All	$1.8MSept 2026	27% / 0%	10
Stepney	942	All	$1.7MSept 2026	37% / 0%	9
College Park	755	All	$2.5MSept 2026	32% / 0%	10
Marryatville	648	All	$2.0MJune 2026	31% / 0%	9
Heathpool	596	All	$2.4MJune 2026	20% / 0%	10
Hackney	575	All	$1.7MSept 2026	20% / 0%	7

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.

Flood planning land

24%

Over 21 of 21 member suburbs

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Bushfire-prone land

Over 21 of 21 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

<1%

Over 21 of 21 member suburbs

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Suburb prices

Across the 21 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending June 2026 to Sept 2026).

Lowest suburb median: $1.1M
Median of suburb medians: $1.8M
Highest suburb median: $2.5M

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

Sturt · Claire CLUTTERHAM (ALP)100%

State districts

Dunstan · Cressida O'Hanlon (ALP)85%
Hartley · Vincent Tarzia (LIB)12%
Bragg · Vickie Chapman (LIB)3%

Asking-price cuts

Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 1 suburb 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 1 Nov 2026.

These figures have not been updated for more than three days. Every “last 30 days” count in this section runs to 1 Nov 2026, not to today, while the listing crawl is interrupted.

Listings cut: 5; of 50 tracked
Share cut: 10.0%
Typical cut: 2.7%; median over every cut listing

Most cuts: Norwood (SA) (5). 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.