Suburb Overview
Wynn Vale is an outer-metropolitan suburb of Adelaide, Australia, with a population of approximately 7,865, making it a smaller community. Located approximately 16 km from the Adelaide CBD, Wynn Vale is a outer metro area in South Australia. The median household income is $90,116 per year.
Location
Key Indicators
Postcode
5127
Postcode for Wynn Vale, from a community postcode dataset cross-checked against Australia Post. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
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Population
7,865
Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Median weekly rent
$625/wk
Median weekly rent — as at Jan–Mar 2026, Consumer & Business Services (SA) (CC BY 4.0).
Median household income
$90,116
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Distance to CBD
16 km
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Housing
Median monthly mortgage
$1,517/mo
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Home type
86% houses
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Why People Like Living in Wynn Vale
- Well-connected to Adelaide at ~16 km from the CBD.
- Several schools in the area (around 2), attractive for families.
- Local parks and reserves (around 3) within easy reach.
- Reasonable transport access — car-friendly with some public transport options.
- Predominantly separate houses (86%) — suburban lifestyle with more land.
Who Wynn Vale Suits
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Rent sits within an affordable share of local incomes, supporting tenant demand.
- Mortgage costs are lower than the South Australia median, improving cash-flow margins.
- Local parks and reserves (around 3) add to liveability.
- Solid transport links into employment hubs.
Cons
- New-estate oversupply risk — many similar homes can compete for the same buyers.
- Traffic can build during peak hours, especially on arterial roads.
Investment Insight
With 7,865 residents, Wynn Vale is one of South Australia's more populous suburbs — roughly 2.1× the state median of 3,699 — giving it a deep buyer and tenant pool that typically supports higher transaction volumes and shorter average days on market. Households here earn $90,116/year on average — 11% above the SA suburb median of $80,964 — a modest premium that supports resilient owner-occupier demand. Median rent of $625/week (as at Jan–Mar 2026, Consumer & Business Services (SA)) equates to roughly $2,708/month — about 179% of the $1,517/month median mortgage repayment recorded at the 2021 Census. On those figures rental income covers most or all of the recorded repayment, but repayments on new loans have risen with interest rates since 2021, so re-run the coverage at today's rates before treating this as a cash-flow suburb. 16 km from Adelaide places Wynn Vale in the middle commuter belt, close enough for daily trips by car or rail but at a materially lower price point than inner suburbs.
Investment Tip
Outer-metro suburbs reward careful property selection — aim for homes near infrastructure rather than generic house-and-land packages. At the 2021 Census, local rents consumed roughly 18% of household income — a dated but useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
Wynn Vale vs South Australia Median
How Wynn Vale stacks up against the median of all South Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Wynn Vale sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Wynn Vale | SA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 7,865 | 3,699 | +113% |
| Median household income | $90,116/yr | $80,964/yr | +11% |
| Median rent (weekly, 2021 Census) | $310 | $320 | -3% |
| Median mortgage (monthly, 2021 Census) | $1,517 | $1,616 | -6% |
| Distance to CBD | 16 km | 13 km | +23% |
| Separate houses | 86% | 73% | +13pp |
Investor Checklist
Pre-inspection briefing for Wynn Vale — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
- Market depth: 7,865 residents — 213% of the SA suburb median (3,699).
- Purchasing power: median household income $90,116/year (+11% vs South Australia suburb median of $80,964).
- Cash-flow coverage (2021 Census): $310/week rent (≈ $1,343/month) covered ~89% of the $1,517/month median mortgage at the 2021 Census — verify against current rents and rates.
- CBD access: 16 km straight-line from Adelaide (state suburb median 13 km).
- Dwelling mix: 86% separate houses — house-dominant market (vs 73% state median).
- Rate stress-test: budget ~$152/month extra for a 1-percentage-point RBA rate rise on top of the $1,517/month median repayment.
- Tenant rent burden: 18% of the median household income is spent on rent — comfortably affordable.
Investment Strategy
Solid buy-and-hold profile: a population of 7,865 and household income close to the SA median ($90,116 vs $80,964) give the market enough depth for patient capital growth without the premium entry price of inner suburbs.
Strong rental coverage at the 2021 Census: $310/week (~$1,343/month) covered 89% of the $1,517/month median mortgage, a shortfall of just $174/month. Both rents and repayments have moved since 2021 — verify current figures, though this suburb has historically leaned cash-flow-friendly.
A dwelling mix skewed to houses (86% vs 73% SA median) combined with a population of 7,865 creates a deeper market for value-add renovations — older stock, separate titles and stronger buyer competition are the usual pattern here.
Risk Factors
- Interest-rate sensitivity: the $1,517/month median mortgage in Wynn Vale means a 1-percentage-point RBA rate rise could add roughly $152/month to repayments, reducing buyer borrowing capacity and cooling prices.
- House-dominant stock: 86% of dwellings are separate houses, so value is concentrated in land — weather events, insurance repricing and land-tax changes hit investors here more directly than in a unit-heavy suburb.
- Regulatory risk: changes to Australian tax settings (negative gearing, CGT discount, foreign-buyer surcharges, land-tax thresholds) could reshape after-tax returns in Wynn Vale regardless of local market conditions.
- Market cycle risk: property markets are cyclical, so stress-test your projections in Wynn Vale with a 10–15% price pullback scenario before committing capital — returns to date are not a guarantee of future performance.
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Property values in Wynn Vale should track the wider South Australia market through 2026, with the $90,116/year median household income (11% above the $80,964 state median) keeping the suburb firmly mid-pack. At the 2021 Census, rental coverage ran at ~89% of the typical mortgage ($1,343/month rent vs $1,517/month repayment), keeping cash flow in positive or near-neutral territory. Verify against current rents and rates. Overall investor sentiment for Wynn Vale is balanced heading into the second half of 2026, based on its income, rent and mortgage profile relative to the South Australia median.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Wynn Vale a good suburb for investment?
Whether Wynn Vale suits you depends on your strategy, but the fundamentals are concrete: a population of 7,865, a median household income of $90,116/year and median weekly rent of $310. Weigh those against your goal — cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — each of which we break down with suburb-specific ABS numbers elsewhere on this page.
What drives property demand in Wynn Vale?
The main demand drivers in Wynn Vale are proximity to Adelaide (16 km), an above-state-median household income of $90,116/year, a dwelling mix that is 86% separate houses. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand.
What is the population of Wynn Vale?
Wynn Vale has a usual resident population of approximately 7,865, 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.
How far is Wynn Vale from the Adelaide CBD?
Wynn Vale sits 16 km straight-line from the Adelaide CBD. This is comfortable commuter territory, with reasonable rail and road access to the city.
What is the median rent in Wynn Vale?
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $310 in Wynn Vale, equating to approximately $16,120/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.
What is the typical mortgage repayment in Wynn Vale?
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Wynn Vale is $1,517, or approximately $18,204/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.
Is Wynn Vale cash-flow positive for investors?
A median weekly rent of $310 works out to $1,343/month, covering 89% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,517/month. That leaves a $174/month shortfall (around $2,088/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.
What are the main risks of investing in Wynn Vale?
The main risks are interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,517 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.
How we built this Wynn Vale profile
The population, postcode, median household income, and dwelling mix on this page are real figures from the ABS 2021 Census (income is the ABS median weekly household income annualised) and Australia Post. Distance to the CBD is calculated from the suburb's ABS centroid. The Census median rent and mortgage repayment are 2021 figures and are clearly labelled as such wherever they appear — they are five years old and have moved substantially since. The current median weekly rent in Key Indicators is a genuine recent figure from Consumer & Business Services (SA) (Jan–Mar 2026), published under a Creative Commons licence — it is dated on the page and is separate from the older Census rent. We do not publish an investment score or school/park counts for this suburb. See our methodology and data sources for exactly what's measured and what's estimated.