Birkenhead (SA 5015): property prices & suburb profile

Birkenhead property prices

The typical Birkenhead house sold for around $862,000 in the year to 2026-Q2, +129.9% over 10 years and +68.4% over 5 years.

• Medians are published by Land Services SA per suburb; we do not have individual sale records for this state, so there is no street-level breakdown on this page (our New South Wales pages have one).
• The headline figure is a sales-weighted average of the last four quarterly medians, not a median of individual sales, because one quiet quarter in a single suburb can move a quarterly median by more than the market did. The chart below plots each quarter as published.
• Change over time reflects what sold in each period, not the value of any one home: a run of large or small homes moves it.
• Periods with fewer than 5 recorded sales are excluded.

Birkenhead medians by quarter

The most recent quarter on record for Birkenhead is 2026-Q2.

• Sale counts are shown so you can judge how solid each median is.

Who lives in Birkenhead

Birkenhead has a median age of 39 and a median household income of $1,598 a week.

• Figures labelled Birkenhead are for the suburb boundary itself (ABS 2021 Census). Anything labelled SA2 or postcode covers a wider area: SA2 "Largs Bay - Semaphore" and postcode 5015 both extend beyond Birkenhead.
• SEIFA decile 1 is the lowest tenth of Australian areas on that index and 10 the highest. The four indices measure different things and often disagree, which is why all four are shown: a suburb can rank high on education and occupation while ranking mid on economic resources.

Schools in Birkenhead

The only school in Birkenhead sits at the 11th percentile nationally on ACARA's socio-educational index.

• ICSEA is ACARA's socio-educational index (average 1000). It describes the family backgrounds of the students enrolled, NOT how well a school teaches: a lower ICSEA means a less advantaged intake, not a worse school.
• Percentiles are ACARA's own national ranking, so the Australia bar is a published figure rather than our arithmetic. Each area shows the median of the mainstream schools sitting inside it; special schools are listed in the table but excluded from the medians.
• Public school intake zones are not published in our dataset for this state, so confirm catchments with the school.

Suburbs near Birkenhead

Birkenhead's typical house price of $862,000 is the 49th highest of the 54 Adelaide West & Coast suburbs we cover.

• Blair Athol 5084

  $924,000 typical house price

• Brighton 5048

  $1,465,000 typical house price

• Broadview 5083

  $1,134,000 typical house price

• Brompton 5007

  $1,058,000 typical house price

• Brooklyn Park 5032

  $1,155,000 typical house price

• Camden Park 5038

  $1,083,000 typical house price

• Clearview 5085

  $921,000 typical house price

• Croydon Park 5008

  $1,091,000 typical house price

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Birkenhead: common questions

How much does a house cost in Birkenhead?

About $862,000 across the 12 months to 2026-Q2, from 33 recorded sales. That is a sales-weighted average of the four quarterly medians published by Land Services SA: a single quarter in one suburb can swing on a handful of sales.

Have Birkenhead prices gone up?

Prices have risen 129.9% over 10 years and moved +68.4% over 5 years, comparing the latest rolling year with the same window a decade earlier. These movements reflect the mix of homes sold, not the change in value of a specific property.

Can I see Birkenhead prices street by street?

Not yet. SA publishes suburb-level medians rather than individual sale records, so street-level medians are only available on our New South Wales pages.

Which schools are in Birkenhead?

Birkenhead has 1 ACARA-registered school: Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School.

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