Question 1

Is Glenunga a nice place to live?

Accepted Answer

Glenunga sits in Adelaide’s inner eastern suburbs and has a quiet, tree-lined residential character made up of interwar and postwar homes alongside newer townhouse infill. It attracts families and professionals with local primary schools and the well-regarded Glenunga International High School, small shopping strips and cafés that create a village feel, nearby parkland and recreational spaces, and straightforward bus and road connections into the city. Mature trees and character homes give it a settled, domestic sense even as gradual renewal continues.

About 2,184 people live in Glenunga, with a median age of 44 and a median household income of $1,918 a week, roughly $99,700 a year. The community is strongly family-oriented, with couple families with children making up about 50.7% of households and most homes owner-occupied (76.8%). Recent local investment includes a major rebuild at the high school delivering new science and technology facilities, a gymnasium, a common plaza and extra parking, and the Glenunga Hub redevelopment at Glenunga Reserve with upgraded playing fields, a pavilion, playground and other amenities; a precinct plan is guiding further streetscape and active-transport improvements.

Question 2

Is it expensive to live in Glenunga?

Accepted Answer

At a median house price of $1,680,000, buying a house in Glenunga works out to about 16.8 times a typical local household's annual income at the last Census, so buying sits well above local incomes recorded at that Census.

Rents run to $795 a week for houses and $560 a week for units. Against a typical local household income of $1,918 a week at the last Census, house rent would take about 41.5% of that income and unit rent about 29.2%. On these figures, renting a house would take a large share of a typical local household's income at the last Census, while renting a unit would take a moderate share.

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 Glenunga a good place to invest?

Accepted Answer

Unit values in Glenunga jumped 24.8% over the past 12 months, a strong rise, while house values fell by 2.8% over the same period, a modest decline.

Rents mirror that split: unit rents edged up 1.8% (a slight rise) while house rents slipped 0.7% (a marginal fall). For someone weighing Glenunga as an investment, the figures show units have been the clearer performer this past year for both capital growth and rental income; whether that pattern suits your objectives depends on what you’re looking for from a property.

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	$1.68M	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	-2.8%	24.8%
Sold Past 3 months	12	2
Median days on market Past 12 months	75	N/A
Average rent Past 12 months	$795	$560
Change in rent Past 12 months	-0.7%	1.8%

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