A postcode. It usually covers several suburbs, which makes its sample larger and its median steadier than any one of them.
Completions in the March quarter 2026 were equivalent to 84% of commencements, for South Australia. These figures compare pipeline flows and do not track individual approved dwellings through construction.
Achieved rents moved +8.7% over the year, against +6.4% for the middle postcode in South Australia.
These signals are shown separately so you can see what is driving the market. Explore them under Demand & supply below.
At $560 a week, Postcode 5118, metropolitan Adelaide is higher than 29% of the 131 SA postcodes we hold.
Rents there are up 8.7% over the past year, faster than South Australia as a whole (up 3.7%).
Based on 110 new leases. Enough to be meaningful, but a single unusual quarter will move it.
The most common new lease there was a three-bedroom house, at $560 a week across 60 of them.
Houses there rent for $580 and units for $490, so the figure above sits between two different markets.
In June quarter 2026, the median weekly rent rose 2.8% on the quarter before, from $545 to $560. Across the 43 quarterly changes held here, 31 were larger.
Six signals show how demand, supply and rents are moving. Open Data & method on any signal for the figures, rule and source behind it.
No population or migration evidence can be mapped to Postcode 5118, metropolitan Adelaide. No measurement and no defensible mapping for a postcode. Broader evidence for South Australia is shown where it exists.
Not enough evidence
How fast the population is growing, against the national rate.
no population growth rate for this market
Not enough evidence
Which component moved the population most over the latest year the ABS splits it.
the ABS publishes no component split for this market
Not enough evidence
Whether dwelling approvals are running above or below the year before.
not enough approval history to compare two years
Moderate
How much housing is being finished, against how much is being started.
| Dwellings completed, South Australia | 3,102 | March quarter 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Dwellings started, South Australia | 3,686 | March quarter 2026 |
| Completions as a share of commencements | 84% | March quarter 2026 |
Strong at or above 95% of commencements, weak below 80%, moderate in between — completions in the quarter compared with commencements in the same quarter, both stated beside this rule. These figures compare pipeline flows and do not track individual approved dwellings through construction.
High
How fast achieved rents are rising, against the rest of the state.
| Rent change over a year, Postcode 5118, metropolitan Adelaide | +8.7% | June quarter 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Rent change over a year, the middle postcode in South Australia | +6.4% | June quarter 2026 |
High when rents rose at least one percentage point faster than the state, low when at least a point slower, moderate in between. Compared against the state rather than the nation because each bond authority defines its own series: changes compare, levels do not.
Not enough evidence
How much of this market's picture was measured at this market's own geography.
no demand evidence can be mapped to this market
A sale-price series APRIQ can publish is not currently available for this market. Current rent, demand and supply data remain available on this page.
Rising faster than the middle of South Australia
How rents here moved over a year, against the typical postcode in South Australia.
| Rent change over a year here | +8.7% | June quarter 2026 against a year earlier |
|---|---|---|
| The middle postcode in South Australia | +6.4% | June quarter 2026 against a year earlier |
| Difference | +2.4 percentage points | June quarter 2026 against a year earlier |
| Markets in the comparison | 131 | June quarter 2026 against a year earlier |
The difference between this market’s one-year rent change and the middle change across every postcode the same publisher reports, in percentage points: 3 or more above is well above, 1 above is above, within 1 either way is in line. Changes are compared within one state because each bond authority defines its own series — movement may be compared between them, the rent itself may not.
Quarterly achieved-rent history across the full published series for this market.
| Median weekly rent | $560 | publisher’s figure · June quarter 2026 |
|---|
Quarter-by-quarter rent history for the full published series.
| Quarter | Median weekly rent | Change on the quarter before |
|---|---|---|
| June quarter 2026 | $560 | Up 2.8% |
| March quarter 2026 | $545 | Down 4.0% |
| December quarter 2025 | $568 | Up 7.1% |
| September quarter 2025 | $530 | Up 2.9% |
| June quarter 2025 | $515 | Up 3.0% |
| March quarter 2025 | $500 | No change |
| December quarter 2024 | $500 | Up 1.0% |
| September quarter 2024 | $495 | Up 3.1% |
| June quarter 2024 | $480 | Up 5.5% |
| March quarter 2024 | $455 | Up 9.6% |
| December quarter 2023 | $415 | Down 1.2% |
| September quarter 2023 | $420 | Up 2.4% |
| June quarter 2023 | $410 | Up 7.9% |
| March quarter 2023 | $380 | No change |
| December quarter 2022 | $380 | Up 5.6% |
| September quarter 2022 | $360 | No change |
| June quarter 2022 | $360 | Up 5.9% |
| March quarter 2022 | $340 | Up 9.7% |
| December quarter 2021 | $310 | Down 7.5% |
| September quarter 2021 | $335 | Down 1.5% |
| June quarter 2021 | $340 | Down 1.4% |
| March quarter 2021 | $345 | Up 16.0% |
| December quarter 2020 | $298 | Up 45.1% |
| September quarter 2020 | $205 | Down 31.7% |
| June quarter 2020 | $300 | Down 37.5% |
| March quarter 2020 | $480 | Up 62.7% |
| March quarter 2019 | $295 | Down 38.5% |
| December quarter 2018 | $480 | Up 50.0% |
| March quarter 2018 | $320 | Down 0.8% |
| September quarter 2017 | $323 | Down 6.5% |
| March quarter 2017 | $345 | Up 7.8% |
| December quarter 2016 | $320 | Up 19.6% |
| September quarter 2016 | $268 | Down 13.0% |
| June quarter 2016 | $308 | Down 27.6% |
| September quarter 2015 | $425 | Up 84.8% |
| June quarter 2015 | $230 | Down 45.2% |
| December quarter 2014 | $420 | Up 110.0% |
| December quarter 2012 | $200 | Up 25.0% |
| June quarter 2011 | $160 | Down 40.7% |
| June quarter 2009 | $270 | Up 12.5% |
| March quarter 2009 | $240 | No change |
| December quarter 2008 | $240 | Up 6.7% |
| September quarter 2008 | $225 | Up 2.3% |
| June quarter 2008 | $220 | — |
The figure above blends every dwelling type the publisher reports. These are the same quarter, split the way South Australia splits it.
| Dwelling type | Median weekly rent | Rent change — 1 year | New leases |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | $580 | Up 5.5% | 90 |
| Units and flats | $490 | Up 16.7% | 20 |
| All dwellings | $560 | Up 8.7% | 110 |
There is no yield here because no current sale price exists to divide by — see Prices & Sales above for why.
Only New South Wales publishes rent quartiles, so the spread of rents within this market is not shown.
The postcodes immediately above and below Postcode 5118, metropolitan Adelaide when ranked by the same figure for the same period — nearby in the state ranking, not necessarily nearby on a map.
| Postcode | Median rent | Rent change — 1 year |
|---|---|---|
| Postcode 5042Bedford Park, Clovelly Park and Pasadena and 2 more | $550 | Down 3.5% |
| Postcode 5114Andrews Farm, Blakeview and Craigmore and 8 more | $550 | Up 4.8% |
| Postcode 5108Paralowie, Salisbury and Salisbury Downs and 1 more | $560 | Up 5.7% |
| Postcode 5118, metropolitan Adelaide | $560 | Up 8.7% |
| Postcode 5211Back Valley, Chiton and Encounter Bay and 9 more | $565 | Up 6.6% |
| Postcode 5082Fitzroy, Ovingham and Prospect and 1 more | $568 | Up 3.2% |
| Postcode 5039Clarence Gardens, Edwardstown and Melrose Park | $570 | Up 3.6% |
Or put them in columns: Compare with similarly ranked markets.
Latest achieved rents by dwelling type and bedroom count. Blank cells indicate no published figure for that combination.
| Size | Houses | Units and flats |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | $335count withheld | Not published |
| 2 bedrooms | $450count withheld | $48015 new leases |
| 3 bedrooms | $56060 new leases | $535count withheld |
| 4 bedrooms | $63025 new leases | Not published |
Population data on suburb pages uses the ABS statistical area containing the suburb. The market card names that wider area; open Data & method for the geography and source.
Not enough evidence
How fast the population here is changing, against how fast Australia is changing.
No population estimate is published for this market at a geography the ABS uses.
The 2021 Census household tables carry no figures for this exact area, and no containing council page exists to borrow from — so there is nothing here rather than a number measured for somewhere else.
Dwelling approvals are published by council area, not by postcode, and an approval is counted for the boundary that granted it — so none are shown here rather than another area’s.
Not enough evidence
How many dwellings this market approved over twelve months for every thousand residents, against the national rate. Approvals are permission to build, not completed dwellings.
Dwelling approvals are published by council area, and this market is not one.
No APRIQ forward rent forecast is published for Postcode 5118, metropolitan Adelaide yet. The forecasting model remains in historical backtesting.
The method’s public record so far, across every market at once and clearly a backtest, not a prediction: at 1 quarter ahead, 83.8% of 10,476 graded backtests landed inside their ranges, at a median width of ±7.9%.
See the full historical record on the forecast scorecard. Backtest results describe historical model performance, not a prediction for this market.
Check sample size, data period, geography, source and calculation rules for this market.
Moderate
How many observations sit behind the current figure on this page.
| New leases behind the current figure | 110 | June quarter 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Quarters of history | 44 | to June quarter 2026 |
| How current | The latest quarter published anywhere | June quarter 2026 |
| Origin | As the publisher published it | June quarter 2026 |
| Knowability | Dated by the publisher’s own release timing | June quarter 2026 |
Strong needs 200 or more new leases behind the current figure; moderate needs 50. Fewer than that reads as thin: one unusual property can move the figure. A withheld count cannot earn better than thin, because a suppressed number is unknown rather than small. How current the figure is, is a separate fact stated as dates beside this reading, never folded into this word.
Which period the current rent figure describes, how it sits against the newest quarter published anywhere, and whose clock dated it — as dates, because a graded word would hide exactly the part worth checking.
| Describes | June quarter 2026 |
|---|---|
| Standing | This is the latest quarter published anywhere. |
| Dated by | Dated by the publisher’s own release timing. |
Market data sources are named beside the figures above. APRIQ keeps the publication period, source, licence and calculation method available for inspection. See full sources & methodology →
