Located in South Australia within the Tea Tree Gully local government area, Upper Hermitage is a quiet locality (postcode 5131). It is home to about 273 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $103K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +1.6% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 21 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 7 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, technicians & trades, managers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The median weekly rent is $329 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
The crime rate in the Tea Tree Gully LGA is below average at 2,564 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.5% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.