West Torrens
66,547 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 37 km², 23 suburbs. Council website: westtorrens.sa.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
66,547
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.9% in a year
Density
1,794/km²
37 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$980k
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
7.9 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
23
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
- 38
- Median household income
- $1,587/week
- Median rent
- $310/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,733/month
- Households renting
- 36.4%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 8 of 10
Suburbs
23 suburbs where West Torrens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenelg North | 6,594 | 17% | $1.6MJune 2026 | 25% / 0% | 9 |
| Lockleys | 5,987 | All | $1.6MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Plympton | 5,459 | All | $1.5MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 7 |
| West Beach (SA) | 5,175 | 39% | $1.8MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Brooklyn Park | 5,040 | All | $1.2MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 5 |
| Mile End | 4,536 | All | $1.1MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Torrensville | 4,110 | All | $1.2MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 7 |
| North Plympton | 3,610 | All | $1.2MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Richmond (SA) | 3,474 | All | $1.3MJune 2026 | 56% / 0% | 5 |
| Camden Park (SA) | 3,338 | All | $1.2MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 6 |
| Kurralta Park | 3,139 | All | $1.5MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Glandore | 3,041 | 43% | $1.3MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Fulham (SA) | 2,920 | All | $1.5MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Novar Gardens | 2,508 | All | $1.5MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Underdale | 2,429 | All | $1.3MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Marleston | 1,950 | All | $1.1MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 5 |
| Netley | 1,910 | All | $1.2MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 5 |
| Cowandilla | 1,455 | All | $1.0MJune 2026 | 86% / 0% | 4 |
| Thebarton | 1,442 | All | $1.9MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Ashford (SA) | 1,157 | All | $1.3MJune 2025 | 74% / 0% | 8 |
| West Richmond | 1,087 | All | $1.2MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 3 |
| Hilton (SA) | 908 | All | $1.3MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Keswick | 754 | All | $2.5MJune 2026 | 73% / 0% | 6 |
| Mile End South | 19 | All | $490kJune 2017 | 79% / 0% | 6 |
| Adelaide Airport | 4 | All | – / 0% | ||
| Keswick Terminal | All | – / 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.
Flood planning land
61%
Over 6 of 26 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 21 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending June 2017 to June 2026).
- Lowest suburb median
- $490k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.3M
- 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
- Adelaide · Steve GEORGANAS (ALP)50%
- Hindmarsh · Mark BUTLER (ALP)46%
- Boothby · Louise MILLER-FROST (ALP)4%
State districts
- West Torrens · Tom Koutsantonis (ALP)40%
- Badcoe · Jayne Stinson (ALP)31%
- Colton · Matt Cowdrey (LIB)18%
- Morphett · Stephen Patterson (LIB)11%
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.