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SA › Malvern › Malvern Ave

15 Malvern Ave, Malvern SA 5061

House

$1,500,000

Last sold

13 Sept 2024

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

3

Car spaces

700 m²

Land

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

Districts View

What should you know about this lot before spending serious money?

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $1,500,000 (13 Sept 2024).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 700 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Malvern (last 5 years) with land size: median $3,029/m² of land (n=35). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned Established Neighbourhood (EN) under the Planning and Design Code.(Location SA · 31 Aug 2026)

What could make it worth less?

No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.

What should you verify next?

  1. 1No hazard layer has been retrieved — confirm flood, bushfire and heritage exposure from council mapping before an offer.

Each line above is labelled. A fact is quoted from the named source, with its date. A calculation is worked out by Districts from those facts — you can check the arithmetic. An interpretation is Districts' opinion of what the evidence means, not a fact, a valuation, or advice. Anything we haven't retrieved yet is marked as missing rather than treated as a pass.

Price evidence

What this lot has actually traded at

Last sold

$1,500,000

13 Sept 2024 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Malvern (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $3,029/m² of land (n=35). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Malvern at a glance

2,766

People

$2,260,000

Median sale

$602/wk

Median rent

1.39%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 7 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Malvern report →

Vs Malvern

-33.6%

Median sale

Suburb $2,260,000

+0.70 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 1.39%

Suburb median $2,260,000 from 7 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

Planning and Design Code

Zone

Established Neighbourhood

EN

Jurisdiction

Unley

Unley, SA

Planning overlays

  • Data unavailable

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: Location SA
  • Dataset: Planning and Design Code Zones
  • Retrieved: 31 Aug 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 0911343004

Planning facts are copied from official government GIS where available. Where an official property PDF exists (VicPlan, PlanBuild), Districts stores and serves that original document. Neither is a planning certificate, survey, or advice.

Site

Terrain

Terrain has not been calculated for this property yet.

Slope is calculated on a projected metric grid from a public DEM clip of the official parcel. This is not a survey, engineering, or insurance assessment.

Flood, bushfire and heritage

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Flood

Not retrieved

Flood exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Bushfire

Not retrieved

Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Heritage

Not retrieved

Heritage listing has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Records

Property history

  1. Sold$1,500,00013 Sept 2024
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted6 Aug 2024
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted6 Aug 2024

Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.

Capital growth

SA

Why this lot, not just this suburb

Why could this property outperform?

Confidence: low

Zoned Established Neighbourhood · EN (Planning and Design Code). Official parcel area about 697 m². Dual occupancy is not confirmed from the controls loaded for this lot. Two-lot subdivision is unknown without minimum lot size and frontage. This is a screen, not a planning certificate. Zoning and lot facts are a starting point, not proof this lot outperforms the suburb. Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

What could kill that thesis?

Confidence: low

Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Street frontage and true lot geometry are not confirmed without open cadastre. Minimum lot size is not loaded, so two-lot subdivision is not confirmed. Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.

Rental

Income, competition, and yield

What will it realistically rent for?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $602/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms.

What competition will it face?

Current comparable rental listings within 400 m of this lot are not loaded. Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question. Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded. Suburb vacancy or leased-tape days are not this property’s competition.

What does the yield actually look like?

Confidence: low

Yield cannot be shown without both a price and a rent figure. Net yield is not estimated from gross advertising copy. Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

Verdict

What this means for this property

Districts view

Not enough official evidence yet to underwrite this as an investment.

Detail

The same ten questions apply to every property. Missing flood, nearby DAs, achieved rents, or lot geometry is unknown — not “no.”

Read more

Do not treat a suburb median, an advertised yield, or a listing score as the case for this lot.

The evidence loaded so far isn't enough on its own to change a buy, offer, or walk-away decision for this property.

Evidence

What is known for this property

Districts asks the same ten questions of every property. If one shows as unknown, that data isn't published for this state or hasn't been loaded yet — the question stays visible so you can see exactly what's missing.

3 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Knownlow

    Zoned Established Neighbourhood · EN (Planning and Design Code). Official parcel area about 697 m². Dual occupancy is not confirmed from the controls loaded for this lot. Two-lot subdivision is unknown without minimum lot size and frontage. This is a screen, not a planning certificate.

  • Nearby development pipeline

    Unknown

    Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.

  • Honest achievable rent

    Knownlow

    This is not “bond data says this address leases for $X.” The comparable figure is a suburb advertised/median rent, not this property. Official bond files (postcode or suburb × type × bedrooms) are not loaded yet.

  • Rental supply pressure

    Unknown

    Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.

  • Why is this cheap?

    Knownmedium

    Official parcel about 697 m² — land size can look like optionality. No material overlays were returned that would explain a discount. That is not proof the price is fair. Nearby DAs, easements, and flood-layer gaps can still explain a cheap-looking listing — those are not all loaded.

  • Lot-level flood

    Unknown

    Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”

  • Catalyst exposure

    Unknown

    Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

  • This lot's DA history

    Unknown

    No DA adapter returned applications for this parcel.

  • Statutory land value versus ask

    Unknown

    Statutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.

  • Net yield / holding costs

    Unknown

    Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

Area

Malvern in one glance

Malvern at a glance

2,766

People

$2,260,000

Median sale

$602/wk

Median rent

1.39%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 7 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Malvern report →

Keep researching

  • Why Malvern? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Malvern →
  • Other records on Malvern Ave →

Listing material

Listed by Harris Real Estate Kent Town

A proud Malvern home with so much to look forward to on Duthy's doorstep…

Best Offers by 12pm Wednesday 18th September (USP)

Testament to its quality build and adoring owners of more than 50 years, this enduring family home is a beacon of exciting potential at the no-through conclusion of the prestigious and ever-so-peaceful Malvern Avenue.

If the Basket Range stone of its facade could talk it would surely say "They don't make them like this anymore". As would its double brick bones and the solid timber eat-in kitchen of this 3-bedroom home that astutely faces its main living zones to the north.

Read the full description

For those in search of a dependable, comfortable home to simply plug in and play while you plot the next move, this impeccably presented abode obliges with ducted r/c, plentiful storage, ample off-street parking, expansive raised veggie patches and an air-conditioned garage.

If the garage's kitchen speaks to the time-honoured traditions held dearly by its Italian owners, the neighbouring new build says so much about what could become of this beautifully sized, bore-fed plot on the leafy brink of Highgate School, Concordia College and Duthy Street's cafes and providores.

Call up that architect you've been following on Instagram and show them your Pinterest board and napkin sketches because its time to bring the city-fringe dream to life. It's already something. It could be anything.

More to love:

- Tightly held by the one family for decades

- Enviably placed on a no-through road of its blue chip suburb

- Double brick construction with Basket Range sandstone facade

- Flexible floorplan with three main living zones

- Secure rear yard with raised patches, chook pen, fruit trees and irrigation system

- Bore connected to the property

- Carport with electric roller door

- Solid garage with kitchen and split R/C

- Ducted R/C for year comfort

- Walking distance from public transport on Duthy Street

- Just a 5-minute drive from the CBD

- Moments from Unley Oval and to Unley Shopping Centre, with effortless proximity to the many bars, restaurants & cafes the Unley prescient has to offer

- Zoned for Glenunga International High School with highly sought after schools Concordia College, Highgate Primary, Walford Girls, Mitcham Girls, Mercedes and Scotch College nearby

Specifications:

CT / 5828/458

Council / Unley

Zoning / EN

Built / 1960

Land / 700m2 (approx)

Frontage / 17.68m

Council Rates / $2,992.70pa

Emergency Services Levy / $281.65pa

SA Water / $249.86pq

Estimated rental assessment / $650 - $680 per week / Written rental assessment can be provided upon request

Nearby Schools / Highgate School, Mitcham P.S, Unley H.S, Urrbrae Agricultural H.S, Mitcham Girls H.S, Springbank Secondary College

Disclaimer: All information provided has been obtained from sources we believe to be accurate, however, we cannot guarantee the information is accurate and we accept no liability for any errors or omissions (including but not limited to a property's land size, floor plans and size, building age and condition). Interested parties should make their own enquiries and obtain their own legal and financial advice. RLA | 226409

Listing description written by Georgie Todd, Harris Real Estate Kent Town — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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