Playford
115,790 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 345 km², 34 suburbs. Council website: playford.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to Aug 2026.
Population
115,790
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +3.9% in a year
Density
335/km²
345 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$530k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$166
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
21.4 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to Aug 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
1 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
34
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
- 33
- Median household income
- $1,263/week
- Median rent
- $266/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,300/month
- Households renting
- 36.2%
- Average household
- 2.6 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 1 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 1 of 10
Suburbs
34 suburbs where Playford holds most residents, plus 1 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craigmore | 10,943 | All | $746kSept 2026 | 17% / 40% | 2 |
| Blakeview | 8,979 | All | $775kSept 2026 | 25% / 38% | 3 |
| Andrews Farm | 8,699 | All | $676kSept 2026 | 24% / 29% | 1 |
| Munno Para West | 7,577 | All | $718kSept 2026 | 28% / 4% | 2 |
| Davoren Park | 6,392 | All | $686kSept 2026 | 18% / 0% | 1 |
| Elizabeth Downs | 5,160 | All | $645kSept 2026 | 33% / 0% | 1 |
| Hillbank | 5,013 | All | $784kSept 2026 | 11% / 89% | 4 |
| Munno Para | 4,719 | All | $682kSept 2026 | 30% / 6% | 1 |
| Elizabeth East | 4,607 | All | $730kSept 2026 | 40% / 25% | 1 |
| Elizabeth Park | 4,428 | All | $670kSept 2026 | 39% / 0% | 1 |
| Elizabeth Vale | 4,331 | 90% | $755kSept 2026 | 17% / <1% | 1 |
| Angle Vale | 4,051 | All | $860kSept 2026 | 34% / 67% | 7 |
| Elizabeth North | 3,588 | All | $664kSept 2026 | 25% / 0% | 1 |
| Smithfield Plains | 3,305 | All | $650kSept 2026 | 24% / 0% | 1 |
| Elizabeth South | 2,933 | All | $685kSept 2026 | 21% / 0% | 1 |
| Virginia (SA) | 2,759 | All | $862kSept 2026 | 53% / 100% | 5 |
| Elizabeth Grove | 2,531 | All | $695kSept 2026 | 26% / 0% | 1 |
| Smithfield (SA) | 2,482 | All | $671kSept 2026 | 18% / 0% | 1 |
| Eyre | 1,113 | All | $726kSept 2026 | 36% / 62% | 3 |
| Waterloo Corner | 1,103 | 84% | 46% / 84% | 2 | |
| One Tree Hill | 1,043 | All | $1.4MJune 2026 | 2% / 100% | 8 |
| Elizabeth | 1,033 | All | $674kSept 2026 | 50% / 0% | 1 |
| Hillier | 814 | 6% | $776kJune 2026 | 41% / 100% | 2 |
| Macdonald Park | 503 | All | 44% / 100% | 5 | |
| Penfield | 422 | All | $312kSept 2017 | 25% / 99% | 2 |
| Humbug Scrub | 410 | 56% | 0% / 100% | 9 | |
| Yattalunga (SA) | 319 | All | 0% / 100% | 9 | |
| Penfield Gardens | 304 | All | 43% / 100% | 4 | |
| Uleybury | 291 | All | 2% / 100% | 8 | |
| Bibaringa | 246 | All | <1% / 100% | 6 | |
| Gould Creek | 240 | 50% | 8% / 100% | 9 | |
| Munno Para Downs | 181 | All | $770kSept 2026 | 31% / 54% | 2 |
| Sampson Flat | 147 | All | 0% / 100% | 9 | |
| Buckland Park | 99 | All | 29% / 87% | 3 | |
| Edinburgh North | All | 32% / 0% |
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 23 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Sept 2017 to Sept 2026).
- Lowest suburb median
- $312k
- Median of suburb medians
- $695k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.4M
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
- Spence · Matt BURNELL (ALP)100%
- Makin · Tony ZAPPIA (ALP)1%
State districts
- Elizabeth · Lee Odenwalder (ALP)33%
- Taylor · Nick Champion (ALP)29%
- King · Rhiannon Pearce (ALP)17%
- Light · Tony Piccolo (ALP)13%
- Ramsay · Zoe Bettison (ALP)7%
- Schubert · Ashton Hurn (LIB)1%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 5 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 8 Nov 2026; newest crawl observation 8 Nov 2026.
- Listings cut
- 97
- of 405 tracked
- Share cut
- 24.0%
- Typical cut
- 5.0%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Andrews Farm (36), Munno Para West (25), Davoren Park (15), Craigmore (11), Blakeview (10). 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.