Official median weekly rent in Adelaide is $449, 1.1% for the period ending March 2026. That reading coincided with 25.0% population change since the 2021 Census, while five-year dwelling approvals total 1,135 and 67.8% of dwellings are apartments. 66.0% of dwellings were rented at the Census. The rental story on the Adelaide SA suburb profile is demand versus an already apartment-heavy stock, not a single rent print, and not the whole metropolitan market.
Official rental-report median
For SA, Districts labels this series as the official rental-report median (the same field is DFFH only in Victoria). $449 a week after 1.1% annual movement is a small rise. Rent as a share of household income in the extract is 29.3%. Median household income is $1,365 a week. Those two figures are loaded together; they do not prove that every renter in the SAL spends 29.3% of income on rent.
Other rent series in the same profile
The 2021 Census median weekly rent was $400. That is $49 lower than the current official-report median, and it is a different series and year, not a substitute. This suburb payload does not include a PropertyValue median weekly rent. Districts has not collapsed the two loaded series into one "Adelaide rent". Bond lodgements are not flagged as available in this extract, so bond data is not the source of the $449 figure.
Who is renting
66.0% rented, 15.7% owned with a mortgage, 18.3% owned outright. Median age is 30. Lone-person households are 45.4%; family households are 40.2%. Estimated households are 10,320 against 8,254 at Census. A renter-heavy share on a 67.8% apartment stock is a tenant-driven occupancy model. It can support a large landlord pool. It also means investor-to-investor competition for the same dwellings.
Demand pressure
Population is 22,759, up 4,557 since Census. Districts derives another 2,710 residents by 2041 on the published forecast, taking the derived level to 25,469. Employment-growth forecast is 7.1%, with Employment Drivers in the 24th percentile. Those prints are consistent with more people needing somewhere to live on 10.48 km². They do not prove that official rent moved because population rose; the two are loaded alongside each other.
Competing new housing
Dwelling approvals over five years are 1,135 (227 a year). Development Activity is in the 95th percentile. Districts derives 49.9 approvals per 1,000 residents. The DA summary adds 935 substantial applications over five years, with commercial, retail and multi-resi among the common types. New dwellings on and around this SAL compete for the same renter pool that is already 66.0% of stock. Named construction includes Keystone Tower (2027), Lot Fourteen Innovation Precinct (2028), Market Square and Central Market Expansion (2026).
Yield is not in this extract
Districts cannot calculate a gross yield here because the suburb payload has no median sale price, and the partner glance yield is also absent. Mixing the official $449 weekly rent with an invented price would break the rental yields method. If a later extract loads both a compatible price and rent, yield can be shown as a Districts calculation or as the partner glance, with the inputs named.
What is the official median rent in Adelaide SA?
The official median weekly rent in Adelaide is $449, up 1.1% year on year for the period ending March 2026. The figure is the official rental-report median weekly rent loaded on the Districts suburb profile, not the 2021 Census median and not a partner glance rent.
Does Districts publish a vacancy rate for Adelaide SA?
No. This extract does not include a rental vacancy rate. Unknown vacancy is not evidence of a tight or slack market. Official rent movement is the occupancy thermometer Districts has loaded.
SA tenancy settings in 2026 are covered separately in South Australian rental law changes 2026. The investment question is Is Adelaide SA a good property investment in 2026?. Outlook: Adelaide SA property market outlook 2026. Method: Districts methodology and prices and rents. Other SA localities: SA suburbs.