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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Evanston Park is an outer-metropolitan suburb of Adelaide, Australia, with a population of approximately 4,228, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 36 km from the Adelaide CBD, Evanston Park is a outer metro area in South Australia. The median household income is $77,688 per year.
Moderate income levels in Evanston Park indicate steady rental demand from working households. While further from the city, improving transport links could boost future demand.
Official Australia Post postcode for Evanston Park. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Evanston Park on My School →Estimated 2 parks and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
4,228 residents places Evanston Park squarely in the middle of the South Australia suburb size distribution (state median 3,699), with market depth comparable to most SA localities. At $77,688/year, household income in Evanston Park is within 4% of the South Australia median ($80,964), placing the suburb firmly in the state's mainstream demographic band. Median weekly rent of $330 equates to $1,430/month — about 102% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,400/month — meaning rental income covers most of a typical owner's repayment and this is a genuine cash-flow suburb before tax benefits. At 36 km from Adelaide, Evanston Park is an outer-metro location where buyers are typically trading commute time for floor space and a lower entry price. Separate houses make up 88% of dwellings — 15 percentage points above the South Australia median of 73% — pointing to a family-oriented, land-rich market where value is concentrated in the underlying block.
Outer-metro suburbs reward careful property selection — aim for homes near infrastructure rather than generic house-and-land packages. Local rents consume roughly 22% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Evanston Park stacks up against the median of all South Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Evanston Park sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Evanston Park | SA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 4,228 | 3,699 | +14% |
| Median household income | $77,688/yr | $80,964/yr | -4% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $330 | $320 | +3% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,400 | $1,616 | -13% |
| Distance to CBD | 36 km | 13 km | +177% |
| Separate houses | 88% | 73% | +15pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Evanston Park — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Moderate buy-and-hold potential: Evanston Park's 4,228-person market and $77,688 median household income work for investors who are selective on street location and property quality rather than counting on a suburb-wide rerating.
Strong rental coverage: $330/week (~$1,430/month) covers 102% of the $1,400/month median mortgage repayment, so the shortfall sits at just $0/month. Investors targeting positive cash flow should shortlist this suburb.
With 88% houses in a 4,228-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Evanston Park are modest for 2026 — incomes close to the SA median of $80,964 and a population of 4,228 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~102% of the typical mortgage ($1,430/month rent vs $1,400/month repayment), keeping cash flow in positive or near-neutral territory. The EquitySight investment score of 52/100 places Evanston Park in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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Evanston Park scores 52/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 4,228, median household income of $77,688/year and median weekly rent of $330. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Evanston Park are a median household income of $77,688/year, a dwelling mix that is 88% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 2 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Evanston Park has a usual resident population of approximately 4,228, compared with a South Australia suburb median of 3,699 — placing it in the upper half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Evanston Park sits 36 km straight-line from the Adelaide CBD. This is an outer-metro location; local employment and infrastructure announcements tend to move prices more than CBD connectivity alone.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $330 in Evanston Park, equating to approximately $17,160/year in gross rental income (state median $320/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Evanston Park is $1,400, or approximately $16,800/year (vs $1,616/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
A median weekly rent of $330 works out to $1,430/month, covering 102% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,400/month. That means rent exceeds the median repayment by roughly $30/month, so on these numbers Evanston Park leans cash-flow-positive before accounting for strata, council rates, insurance and maintenance. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (4,228 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,400 median mortgage, the broader South Australia market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.