IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 997
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 7 of 10
For state-level context, explore the South Australia economy.
Housing
Happy Valley
South Australia · Census 2021
$896k+14.2% yrmedian house · June 2026
Positioned 6.9 kilometres from the Gulf St Vincent coast, Happy Valley features 26 local parks, a central reservoir reserve, and a median house price of $863k within Onkaparinga.
Median house price
$896k25th pctile
of 426 priced SA suburbs
Household income
$1,573/wk57th pctile
of 1,632 SA suburbs
Amenity score
55/10094th pctile
of 711 rated SA suburbs
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). Median of South Australia suburb medians: $1.1M.
How it compares
Median house price25th percentile
<$358k426 priced suburbs$2.9M+
Household income / wk57th percentile
<$450ABS Census 2021$3,749+
Median house price-9% vs Greater Adelaide · +51% vs Rest of SA
AdelaideRest of state
Greater Adelaide $980k · Rest of SA $595kHappy Valley (SA) $896k
Household income / wk
SA · AU
SA median suburb $1,447 · AU median suburb $1,562Happy Valley (SA) $1,573
Percentiles rank this suburb against South Australia suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in South Australia and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
11,420
Median age
42 yrs
Income / person / wk
$773
Household income / wk
$1,573
▲ 9% vs SA
Median rent / wk
$360
Mortgage / month
$1,517
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 32%
- +3 pts vs SA
- Living alone
- 24%
- −5 pts vs SA
- Unemployment
- 4%
- −1 pts vs SA
- In the labour force
- 63%
- +3 pts vs SA
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 19%
- −4 pts vs SA
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 27%
- level with SA
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 7%
- −2 pts vs SA
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. SA figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
4,464 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 90%
- Flat or apartment 0%
- Semi, terrace & other 10%
SA: 78% separate houses · 7% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 34%
- Mortgaged 47%
- Rented 11%
- Other & not stated 9%
SA: 32% owned outright · 36% mortgaged · 28% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,046
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 7 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,034
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 7 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 984
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
158 m
range 116–331 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area; where part of a suburb is unmapped, only its mapped land counts, so the share is a floor. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. A statutory planning-control boundary, not a flood extent, and it can lag the latest flood study. Covers the Code's Hazards (Flooding) and (Flooding – General) overlays. Land under its precautionary Evidence Required overlay has not been assessed; a suburb mostly under it is shown as no statutory layer. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. Covers the Code's High, Medium, General and Urban Interface bushfire overlays. Land under its precautionary Regional and Outback overlays has not been assessed and is shown as no statutory layer. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
Show on map →- Open space & recreation51%
- General / medium / high-density residential34%
- Low-density residential12%
- Rural1.1%
- Conservation1.0%
- Infrastructure & special purpose0.5%
- Centres & mixed use0.3%
In a heritage area
0%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Listed heritage places
8
local & State places in the Code
Planning instrument: Planning and Design Code. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Listed-place counts follow each state's own list, so they do not compare across states. Source: SA Planning and Design Code zones; SA Code heritage & character overlays.
Local amenities
Schools
2
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
26
Libraries
0
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.5 km
Nearest train
6.3 km
Nearest hospital
6.0 km
Distance to coast
6.9 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 54%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 0%
- No religion
- 54%
- Born overseas
- 19%
- English only at home
- 93%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 2 / 0 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 2 / 0
- Nearest secondary
- 1.3 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Onkaparinga
- Population
- 184,827 (2025) · +0.9% in a year
- Area / density
- 518 km² · 357/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 41 · $1,410/wk household income · $312/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $682k
- Federal grants
- $9.89M in 2025-26 · $54/resident
- Website
- onkaparingacity.com/Home
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. ABS and Dept of Infrastructure data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Kingston
- Federal MP
- Amanda Rishworth (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 71% 2PP
- State electorate
- Davenport
- State MP
- Erin Thompson (ALP)
Comparable suburbs
Closest by median house price across SA.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); South Australia Valuer-General settled transfers (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Planning and Design Code overlays (Hazards — Flooding, and Flooding — General), Government of South Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU); Planning and Design Code overlays (Hazards — Bushfire), Government of South Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU); Planning and Design Code Zones, Government of South Australia (PlanSA) (CC BY 3.0 AU); Planning and Design Code Overlays (heritage and character), Government of South Australia (PlanSA) (CC BY 3.0 AU); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.