Prospect
23,459 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 8 km², 6 suburbs. Council website: prospect.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
23,459
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.5% in a year
Density
3,008/km²
8 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.1M
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
6.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
6
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
- 37
- Median household income
- $2,005/week
- Median rent
- $331/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,947/month
- Households renting
- 34.4%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 10 of 10
Suburbs
6 suburbs where Prospect holds most residents, plus 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect (SA) | 14,584 | All | $1.7MJune 2026 | 16% / 0% | 9 |
| Broadview | 4,450 | 43% | $1.1MJune 2026 | 9% / 0% | 7 |
| Nailsworth | 2,235 | All | $1.4MJune 2026 | 7% / 0% | 9 |
| Collinswood | 1,496 | All | $1.9MMar 2026 | <1% / 0% | 9 |
| Sefton Park | 1,274 | 39% | $1.2MJune 2026 | 14% / 0% | 7 |
| Fitzroy (SA) | 783 | All | $2.9MJune 2026 | 2% / 0% | 10 |
| Ovingham | 766 | 31% | $1.3MMar 2026 | 20% / 0% | 7 |
| Medindie Gardens | 352 | All | $2.0MSept 2025 | <1% / 0% | 10 |
| Thorngate | 180 | All | $2.1MSept 2025 | 3% / 0% | 10 |
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 6 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Sept 2025 to June 2026).
- Lowest suburb median
- $1.4M
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.9M
- Highest suburb median
- $2.9M
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
- Adelaide · Steve GEORGANAS (ALP)100%
State districts
- Adelaide · Lucy Hood (ALP)79%
- Enfield · Andrea Michaels (ALP)21%
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. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.