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pennington
South Australia · Census 2021
$960k
+21.1% yr · median house · June 2026
Pennington is a leafy residential suburb of Charles Sturt.
Median house price
People
Population
3,773
Median age
41 yrs
Income / person / wk
$568
Household income / wk
$1,276
Housing
Median rent / wk
$250
Mortgage / month
$1,517
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 35%
- Top language at home
- Vietnamese · 7%
- No religion
- 35%
- Born overseas
- 37%
- English only at home
- 59%
Local amenities
Amenity score
14/100
Schools
0
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
6
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.7 km
Nearest train
1.1 km
Nearest hospital
4.8 km
Distance to coast
3.0 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).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
1
Independent
0
Primary
2
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
0.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Charles Sturt
- Council population
- 118,684
- Council area
- 55 km²
- Density
- 2,166/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.17M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $44/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Hindmarsh
- Federal MP
- Mark Butler (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 66% 2PP
- State electorate
- Cheltenham
- State MP
- Joe Szakacs (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.