Question 1

Is Osborne a nice place to live?

Accepted Answer

Osborne sits on Adelaide’s Le Fevre Peninsula as a working coastal suburb where residential streets sit alongside a long-standing shipbuilding and naval maintenance precinct. Housing ranges from modest weatherboard and brick workers' cottages to newer waterfront townhouses and unit developments. Residents use foreshore reserves, boat ramps and walking paths on the Port River and Gulf St Vincent, while small shopping strips cover everyday needs and larger retail and dining options are close by in Port Adelaide. The Outer Harbour train line and main arterial roads connect Osborne with the wider metropolitan area.

Home to 1,951 people with a median age of 41, the community is weighted towards couple families, together making up about seven in ten families, and most homes are owner-occupied at roughly two-thirds while about a third are rented. The suburb tends to attract families, tradespeople and people after practical seaside living. Osborne is also the centre of Australia’s expanding naval precinct, with major shipyard works under way and a Skills and Training Academy campus planned to support the program. Whether that suits you depends on what you want from a suburb.

Question 2

Is it expensive to live in Osborne?

Accepted Answer

In Osborne 5017, a house rented at $600 a week would use about 45% of a typical local household's weekly income as recorded at the most recent Census. On these figures, that is a large share of income, so if you are renting a house here that rent share is the number that matters when weighing costs.

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 Osborne a good place to invest?

Accepted Answer

The house market in Osborne saw prices climb 8.2% over the past 12 months, a solid rise. Over the same period house rents increased 2.6%, a modest gain, so capital growth has been the stronger performer for houses this year.

For someone weighing Osborne as an investment, the value change speaks to capital growth and the rent change to rental income; which matters more will depend on your own goals and circumstances.

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	N/A	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	8.2%	N/A
Sold Past 3 months	6	1
Median days on market Past 12 months	56	N/A
Average rent Past 12 months	$600	N/A
Change in rent Past 12 months	2.6%	N/A

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