Question 1

Is Gilles Plains a nice place to live?

Accepted Answer

Gilles Plains is an established north-eastern Adelaide suburb along a main road corridor where light commercial and industrial pockets sit beside residential streets. Post-war single-storey houses on tree-lined blocks mix with emerging low-rise infill and newer townhouses, and the area attracts families and long-term residents looking for practical, everyday living. Local parks and sports grounds provide green space, while bus services and major arterial roads make commuting straightforward, and larger retail and services are close by in nearby Modbury.

The suburb is home to 4,101 people with a median age of 36. Households are largely family-based, with couple families with children at 46.9% and combined couple families making up just under four in five households; most homes are owner-occupied (58.9%) while 41.1% are rented. Planning under the Oakden and Gilles Plains Structure Plan is identifying future land uses and could enable around 1,500 new homes, and recent local upgrades plus a consolidated Avenues College campus with a new children’s centre add to everyday amenity.

Question 2

Is it expensive to live in Gilles Plains?

Accepted Answer

Housing costs in Gilles Plains look quite different depending on whether you're renting or buying. The suburb's median house price of $876,250 is about 11.7 times a typical local annual household income at the last Census, which sits well above what people locally earned then. On the renting side, a house at $650 a week would take roughly 45% of a typical local household's weekly income at the last Census, a large share, while a unit at $380 a week would take about 26% of that weekly income, a moderate share. On these figures, renting a unit is noticeably less stretched against local incomes than buying a house.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Question 3

Is Gilles Plains a good place to invest?

Accepted Answer

Over the past 12 months house values in Gilles Plains rose 8.2%, a solid increase, while house rents increased 3.2%, a modest rise. In other words, the capital value of houses climbed faster than the rent those houses earn over the year. Unit rents rose 1.3%, a slight increase, so rental income growth for units lagged the house side. Which of these outcomes matters to you will depend on whether you are focused on capital growth or on rental income.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$876K	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	8.2%	N/A
Sold Past 3 months	16	N/A
Median days on market Past 12 months	59	N/A
Average rent Past 12 months	$650	$380
Change in rent Past 12 months	3.2%	1.3%

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