Kensington SA 5068
Kensington is in Norwood Payneham and St Peters LGA, SA, postcode 5068, with population 1,808.
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Kensington has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Property prices, Market rent, Crime, and Schools. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Kensington has usable rent context. No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
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Rent context available
Kensington has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $622/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Kensington has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Property prices, Market rent, Crime, and Schools. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Property prices, Market rent, Crime, Schools
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Hospitals
Kensington currently reads as a premium-market candidate.
Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Premium pricing raises the bar for yield, affordability, and downside checks. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.
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Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
Premium pricing raises the bar for yield, affordability, and downside checks. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.
No decisive evidence gap was detected from the current inputs.
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Kensington SA
Kensington is a small community in South Australia within the Norwood Payneham and St Peters local government area (postcode 5068). With a population of 1,808, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $70K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 23 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 11 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and professional services. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median house price in Kensington is $1.5 million, having grown strongly 7% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $622. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,817.
Kensington is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 1102, which is well above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 8 bus stops. The crime rate in the Norwood Payneham and St Peters LGA is below average at 3,595 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Kensington offers a gross rental yield of 2.1%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($1.5M/$950K), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 21.4x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +7.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.6% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Kensington is a small community in South Australia within the Norwood Payneham and St Peters local government area (postcode 5068). With a population of 1,808, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $70K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 23 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 11 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and professional services. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median house price in Kensington is $1.5 million, having grown strongly 7% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $622. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,817.
Kensington is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 1102, which is well above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 8 bus stops. The crime rate in the Norwood Payneham and St Peters LGA is below average at 3,595 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Kensington offers a gross rental yield of 2.1%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($1.5M/$950K), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 21.4x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +7.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.6% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Kensington FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Kensington in?
Kensington is in the Norwood Payneham and St Peters Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5068. Council-level context for Norwood Payneham and St Peters LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the median house price in Kensington?
The current median house price in Kensington, SA is $1.5M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Kensington?
The median weekly rent in Kensington is $622/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about Kensington?
Rent context available: Kensington has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
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Is Kensington a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Kensington show: Low Yield, Above Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Kensington?
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
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How often is the Kensington data updated?
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.