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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Hackney is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Adelaide, Australia, with a population of approximately 575, making it a boutique locality. Located 2 km from the Adelaide CBD, Hackney is a middle ring area in South Australia. The median household income is $57,564 per year.
Lower income levels in Hackney typically translate to more affordable entry points for investors. Close CBD access strengthens tenant appeal and resale value.
Official Australia Post postcode for Hackney. 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 Hackney on My School →Estimated 1 park 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.
Hackney is a smaller community of 575 — about 16% of the South Australia suburb median (3,699) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Hackney's median household income of $57,564/year is 29% below the South Australia suburb median ($80,964) — this is an affordability play where returns lean on yield and patient capital growth rather than demographic premium. Rent of $300/week (76% coverage of the $1,704/month median mortgage) leaves a gap of roughly $404/month that a typical investor bridges with negative gearing, depreciation and capital growth. At 2 km from the Adelaide CBD, Hackney sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks. Only 22% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 73% state median), so this is a unit-heavy market where body-corporate decisions and strata supply meaningfully shape investor returns.
How Hackney stacks up against the median of all South Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Hackney sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Hackney | SA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 575 | 3,699 | -84% |
| Median household income | $57,564/yr | $80,964/yr | -29% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $300 | $320 | -6% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,704 | $1,616 | +5% |
| Distance to CBD | 2 km | 13 km | -85% |
| Separate houses | 22% | 73% | -51pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Hackney — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 575 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider South Australia market over full cycles.
Moderate rental coverage: rent of $300/week covers 76% of a $1,704/month mortgage, leaving a $404/month gap that an investor bridges with equity, depreciation and tax benefits.
Only 22% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 73% SA median) — this is a unit and townhouse market, where cosmetic flips struggle against body-corporate restrictions, thinner after-reno uplift and competing new supply.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Hackney are modest for 2026 — incomes 29% below the SA median of $80,964 and a population of 575 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~76% of the typical mortgage ($1,300/month rent vs $1,704/month repayment), leaving a manageable top-up for most investors. The EquitySight investment score of 50/100 places Hackney 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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Hackney scores 50/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 575, median household income of $57,564/year and median weekly rent of $300. 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 Hackney are proximity to Adelaide (2 km), a median household income of $57,564/year, a dwelling mix that is 22% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 1 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.
Hackney has a usual resident population of approximately 575, compared with a South Australia suburb median of 3,699 — placing it in the lower 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.
Hackney sits 2 km straight-line from the Adelaide CBD. This is inner-ring territory — pricing competes directly with established Adelaide employment nodes.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $300 in Hackney, equating to approximately $15,600/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 Hackney is $1,704, or approximately $20,448/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 $300 works out to $1,300/month, covering 76% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,704/month. That leaves a $404/month shortfall (around $4,848/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. 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 (575 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,704 median mortgage, below-median household incomes ($57,564 vs $80,964 state median), a unit-heavy dwelling mix (22% houses) where body-corporate costs and apartment supply affect resale, 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.