Colonel Light Gardens at a glance
3,297
People
$1,691,000
Median sale
$580/wk
Median rent
1.78%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 12 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
SA › Colonel Light Gardens › East Parkway
4
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
3
Car spaces
919 m²
Land
Districts View
No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.
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
Last sold
No recorded sale price for this property yet.
Local land rate: recorded House sales in Colonel Light Gardens (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $2,058/m² of land (n=45). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.
Colonel Light Gardens at a glance
3,297
People
$1,691,000
Median sale
$580/wk
Median rent
1.78%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 12 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
Planning
Planning scheme
Planning and Design Code
Zone
Established Neighbourhood
EN
Jurisdiction
Mitcham
Mitcham, SA
26027913
Single storey dwelling alterations and addition with deck
Under Assessment · Lodged 25 Aug 2026
Council site report25033611
Removal of a 'Significant' tree The tree is Ulmus glabra 'lutscens' (Golden Elm). It is 2m in circumference.
Under Assessment · Lodged 31 Oct 2025
Council site reportSource
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 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 exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Heritage listing has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Records
Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.
Capital growth
SAZoned Established Neighbourhood · EN (Planning and Design Code). Official parcel area about 909 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.
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. 2 development applications on this parcel. Code Assessed - Performance Assessed (Under Assessment); Code Assessed - Performance Assessed (Under Assessment) Latest lodgement recorded 2026-08-25. These are this lot’s applications, not the neighbourhood pipeline. Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.
Rental
No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $580/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms.
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.
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
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.”
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
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.
4 of 10 questions answered so far
Development optionality of this lot
KnownlowZoned Established Neighbourhood · EN (Planning and Design Code). Official parcel area about 909 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
UnknownNearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.
Honest achievable rent
KnownlowThis 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
UnknownSupply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.
Why is this cheap?
KnownmediumOfficial parcel about 909 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
UnknownFlood overlay has not been queried for this lot. Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”
Catalyst exposure
UnknownFunded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.
This lot's DA history
Knownmedium2 development applications on this parcel. Code Assessed - Performance Assessed (Under Assessment); Code Assessed - Performance Assessed (Under Assessment) Latest lodgement recorded 2026-08-25. These are this lot’s applications, not the neighbourhood pipeline.
Statutory land value versus ask
UnknownStatutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.
Net yield / holding costs
UnknownNet yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.
Area
Colonel Light Gardens at a glance
3,297
People
$1,691,000
Median sale
$580/wk
Median rent
1.78%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 12 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
Listing material
Listed by OCAuction Sat, 6th Nov - 1pm
If there's a perfect blueprint of a family home you can grow into -and never out of - this extended c.1926 triple-fronted Gentleman's bungalow on a boundless block of more than 900sqm would be it. Its long-term owners can attest to the supreme versatility and freedom this light-filled home affords across a bevy of formal and casual living zones and up to 5-bedrooms, all of it flowing effortlessly from its character laden original home to the open-plan family room and partnering alfresco pavilion with outdoor kitchen, electronic café blinds and all eyes on the heated fully tiled-pool at its feet.
Taking pride and place on a typical wide, leafy Colonel Light Gardens boulevard, just moments from the city, metro beaches, Unley and King William Roads, Mitcham Square, parks/reserves, quality schools and the Southern Expressway; to say this timeless residence is close to everything is an understatement. It's time to thrive.
- Enviably placed amongst other grand homes on big blocks
- Beautifully preserved and presented original home with polished floorboards and soaring decorative ceilings
- Floorplan includes formal lounge room, casual sitting room and the option to use bedrooms as formal dining rooms or home offices
- Super-functional open-plan kitchen with integrated dishwasher, breakfast bar and head-turning Smeg 900mm vintage-style freestanding oven
- Nimble floorplan, cleverly recast to give the spacious master bedroom a near new walk-in robe and en-suite
- Periodic updates/renovations throughout, including recent bathroom upgrades with floor-to-ceiling tiles, rain showers and under-floor heating
- Large separate laundry
- Storage galore, including built-in robes to three bedrooms
- Zoned ducted reverse cycle heating and cooling
- Solar heating to large in-ground fully tiled pool
- Gas hot water
- Security system with monitoring provisions
- Neatly presented landscaped gardens with automatic watering system
- Automatic blinds to pavilion and western side of the property
- Off-street parking for up to five cars (three undercover) with drive through access to rear
- Metres from bus stops
- Zone for Unley High School and Colonel Light Gardens Primary School
CT Reference - 5390/207
Council - City of Mitcham
Council Rates - $TBApa approx.
SA Water Rates - $218.27pq approx.
Emergency Services Levy - $182.90pa approx.
Land Size - 919m² approx.
Year Built - c.1926
Total Build area - 303m² approx.
OUWENS CASSERLY – MAKE IT HAPPEN™
RLA - 286513
Listing description written by James Robertson, OC — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.
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