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SA · Barossa Council
Penrice, 5353
Est. population · Jun 2025
564
Growth (1 yr)
+0.7%
Growth (5 yr)
+5.2%
Median age
43
Median income
$2,009/wk
Employment rate
69.7%
Languages at home
2.8%non-English
Mostly English at home
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Heritage area
- Excellent transport
- High desirability
Suburb profile
Penrice is a quieter smaller community in Barossa Council, where peace, space and a country-town pace still dominate. The area suits established families and long-term locals, with plenty of young families in the mix. Everyday life leans local, with a handful of trusted shops, a familiar main street and neighbours who know your name.
Everyday basics may be close by, but bigger shopping and services typically require a trip to a nearby centre. Local green pockets are modest, with bigger outdoor outings usually found in neighbouring areas. A car helps for most daily errands, though buses still link the suburb further afield.
Property sits in a premium price band and is harder to enter for many buyers. The suburb still has an emerging character, as newer residents settle in and local identity forms.
The desirability picture is below average, weighed down by softer community and employment relative to similar regional towns. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
At a glance
Penrice snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$560/wk
Population (ERP)
564
+0.7% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
9.7%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#26
among Country & regional · Emerging
Safety
2nd
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
62nd
percentile in SA
Advantage (IRSAD)
4/10
national SEIFA decile
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 36.1/100 — Below average
- National rank
- 4464th in Australia
- State rank
- 468th in SA
- Peer rank
- #26 among Country & regional · Emerging suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #111 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 60%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- Houses (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)
- $560
Median weekly rent from SA Housing Authority rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Median house sale prices cover metropolitan Adelaide and selected fringe councils (19 LGAs, including Adelaide Hills and Gawler), not all of regional South Australia.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- SA rent report & metro median house sales — Government of South Australia · 1 January - 31 March 2026 · Updated · Quarterly; metro-fringe sales only
Population
Estimated resident population
564(June 2025)
+0.7% annual · +5.2% over 5 years · 62th percentile in SA
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +0.7%
- 5-year growth
- +5.2%
- Change in 1 year
- +4
- Change in 5 years
- +28
- Growth rank in SA
- 62th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~600), extrapolated at +1.0% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 486
- Median age
- 43
- Median household income / week
- $2,009
- Dwelling vacancy
- 9.7%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 18 of 185
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,543
- Employment rate
- 69.7%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 170 / 0 / 0
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences are unchanged compared with the previous period.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (2024–25)
- 3
- Against the person
- 2
- Against property
- 1
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 5.3
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 243 residents
- State safety percentile
- 1.8th (lower crime is better)
- Family & domestic abuse offences
- 17
- Increase (daily rate)
- +0.3%
Most common offence types
- Other Theft1
- Serious Assault Not Resulting In Injury1
- Serious Assault Resulting In Injury1
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- SAPOL reported crime statistics — South Australia Police — OpenData · 2023-24 → 2024-25; 2024-25 · Updated · Financial-year releases
Family & Lifestyle
Public transport
2 public transport stops in this suburb
- Penrice Rd / Murdock Ct - West side (Penrice)
- Penrice Rd / Murdock St - West side (Penrice)
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- Adelaide Metro GTFS stops — Department for Infrastructure and Transport (SA) · current · Updated
Amenities
No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Nearest hospital
- Angaston District Hospital (3.2 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Public Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & GP Plus clinics (SA) — SA Health · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 18
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 31.9
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 29° / 13°
- Rainfall
- 69 mm · ~9 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 22° / 9°
- Rainfall
- 80 mm · ~10 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 14° / 5°
- Rainfall
- 142 mm · ~18 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 21° / 8°
- Rainfall
- 125 mm · ~16 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Planning & development
Development applications from PlanSA register and EPA licensed activities.
2026· 7 proposals
July 2026
- Outbuilding (garage and domestic storage) measuring 15.25m x 9.156m x 4.245m wall height. 1000mm cut and fill for outbuilding.72 PENRICE RD PENRICE SA 5353Under Assessment
- Carport measuring 3.3m x 9m x 3.4m wall height94 -96 PENRICE RD PENRICE SA 5353Under Assessment
May 2026
- Change of use from Tourist Accommodation to Residential107 PENRICE RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
April 2026
- Land division - 1 into 2 (Torrens Title)103 PENRICE RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
March 2026
- Construction of an outbuilding (shed) 20m x 10m x 4m high43 -45 RODDA DR PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
February 2026
- Construction of a skillion verandah (measuring 6m x 8.2m x 3.4m maximum post height)126 PENRICE RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
January 2026
- General storage shed46 -48 RODDA DR PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
2025· 13 proposals
December 2025
- Land Division - 1 into 3 (Torrens Title)95 PENRICE RD PENRICE SA 5353Under Assessment
November 2025
- Construction of verandah measuring 6.17m x 2.83m x 2.4m post height30 -32 SALEM RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
- Construction of a single-storey detached Dwelling, inclusive of a Double Garage and Alfresco under the main roof.110 PENRICE RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
October 2025
- Construction of a domestic outbuilding (measuring 18.1m x 7.6m x 3.6m wall height); Construction of combined fencing and retaining wall to the southern side boundary (exceeding 2.1 meters in height)2 SALEM RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
September 2025
- Shed Extension (measuring 5m x 6.18m addition to existing shed) in zincalume finish651 STOCKWELL RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
June 2025
- Land division - 1 into 2 (Torrens Title)21 -23 BREAKNECK HILL RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
May 2025
- Construction of additions to existing single storey detached dwelling99 MOCULTA RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
- Change of use from dwelling to tourist accommodation (up to six guests)190 MOCULTA RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
April 2025
- Construction of an outbuilding 9.145m x 6.200m X 2.4 wall height (storage shed)74 MOCULTA RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
March 2025
- Construction of a verandah (measuring 5.8m x 9m x 2.4m post height)97 PENRICE RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
- Construction of a verandah replacing an existing verandah (measuring 3.6m x 33.2m x 2.44m post height)129 -131 MOCULTA RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
February 2025
- Construction of a domestic outbuilding measuring (8m x 10m x 3.25m wall height)78 MOCULTA RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
January 2025
- New Outback Verandah20 -26 RODDA DR PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
2024· 11 proposals
December 2024
- Construction of verandah attached to existing dwelling having maximum width of 6.439m and maximum length of 7.850m and post height of 2.4m11 -17 RODDA DR PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
November 2024
- Construction of Outbuilding - Shed (measuring 6.1m x 15.2m x 3.05m wall height)72 PENRICE RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
- Construction of Outbuilding - Shed (measuring 6.2m x 6.2m x 3.05m wall height)4 MURDOCK CT PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
August 2024
- Dwelling alterations includes relocation of existing sliding door of rear alfresco and construction of a dwelling addition including alfresco under main roof.12 BREAKNECK HILL RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
- Construction of outbuilding - shed (measuring 6.1m x 6.1m x 3m wall height)117 PENRICE RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
May 2024
- Construction of a verandah6-8 BREAKNECK HILL RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
April 2024
- Construction of dwelling additions and alterations with associated decking190 MOCULTA RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
- Construction of freestanding Verandah (measuring 10.0m x 2.8m x 2.7m post height)19 MOOROOROO RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
March 2024
- Construction of Detached Dwelling and associated Outbuilding (garage)LOT 404 RICHARD ST PENRICE SA 5353Under Assessment
February 2024
- Construction of freestanding carport (measuring 12.0m x 4.5m x 3.4m post height)20-26 RODDA DR PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
January 2024
- Conventional Land Division - Create 1 additional allotment117 PENRICE RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
2023· 10 proposals
December 2023
- Construction of single-storey additions to an existing single-storey detached dwelling; construction pf a verandah attached to the side of an existing dwelling6-10 RICHARD ST PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
- Conventional Land Division - Create two additional allotments83 PENRICE RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
November 2023
- Construction of outbuilding (measuring 18.288m x 9.174m x 3.658m wall height)121-123 MOCULTA RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
- Swimming pool and safety fence427 MOCULTA RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
- Construction of verandah (gazebo) attached to existing dwelling (measuring 11.05m x 6.62m x 2.38m post height)86 MOCULTA RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
October 2023
- Demolition of an existing shed; Construction of a domestic outbuilding - garage (measuring 13.0m x 6.0m x 3.0m wall height)88-90 MOCULTA RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
- Construction of verandah measuring 5.94m x 6.45m x 2.3m (post height) attached to existing dwelling22 SARAH ST PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
- Fibreglass swimming pool & associated safety barrier228 MOCULTA RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
September 2023
- Construction of a domestic outbuilding - domestic storage (measuring 10.0m x 9.0m x 3.4m wall height)113 PENRICE RD PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
August 2023
- Change of use of a portion of dwelling to short term tourist accommodation (max four guests)13 SARAH ST PENRICE SA 5353Decision Made
Contributes to desirability score · Future Growth (7%)
Development and planning activity
Data sources & freshness
- PlanSA development applications & EPA licences — Government of South Australia — PlanSA · 2026 · Updated
Heritage
9 heritage places
- House94-96 Penrice Road PENRICELocal heritage
- House114 Penrice Road PENRICELocal heritage
- House118 Penrice Road PENRICELocal heritage
- House122 Penrice Road PENRICELocal heritage
- House8 Sarah Street PENRICELocal heritage
- Row of cottages128 Penrice Road PENRICELocal heritage
- Salem Church105 Penrice Road PENRICELocal heritage
- Former Butchers Shop & Dwelling107 Penrice Road ANGASTONState heritage
- Holy Cross Lutheran Church & School (first church)184 Gruenberg Road MOCULTAState heritage
Data sources & freshness
- SA Heritage Places database — Department for Environment and Water (SA) · current · Updated
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- Overlay applies
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid against all current SA Planning risk layers (high, medium, general, urban interface, regional, outback). Safer places from CFS designated locations.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Bushfire & hazard overlays (SA) — Government of South Australia · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Barker
- Member of Parliament
- Tony PASIN (Liberal)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 127,045
- Turnout (2025)
- 92.6%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +3.6 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 63.0%Labor 37.0%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 13.3 km away).
Coalition 57.4%Labor 42.6%
5.6 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +5.5 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- AngastonLabor 47.7% · Coalition 52.3% TPP (2025)3.0 km away
- MocultaLabor 32.2% · Coalition 67.8% TPP (2025)4.5 km away
- StockwellLabor 40.5% · Coalition 59.5% TPP (2025)4.9 km away
- NuriootpaLabor 52.7% · Coalition 47.3% TPP (2025)6.6 km away
- TruroLabor 32.6% · Coalition 67.3% TPP (2025)9.2 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 4/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 6/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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