Katherine Skinner
Port Adelaide, SA+9
Adelaide · Western Suburbs
A suburb in the City of Holdfast Bay, with tram stops on Jetty Road. Most homes are flats or apartments.
Last reviewed 25 October 2026
Market snapshot
Official figures
Read 6 October 2026
Median house price
Apr-Jun 2026: 3 sales, too few for a median.1
At the 2021 Census
Sources
Glenelg 5045 · Western Suburbs. Medians describe sales, not the value of any one home.
Valuer-General South Australia recorded 3 house sales in Glenelg in April to June 2026, too few for a median that means anything, so this page shows none.
Before you buy
On our map reading, parts of Glenelg are in the Planning and Design Code's Hazards (Flooding) and Hazards (Flooding - General) Overlays. The Hazards (Flooding) Overlay seeks to minimise flood hazard risk to people, property, infrastructure and the environment. Check the overlays for the address in the Code before you make an offer.
The City of Holdfast Bay is developing a Coastal Adaptation Plan to plan for the risks of sea level rise. We found no adopted plan.
The SA Heritage Places dataset lists State Heritage Places with Glenelg addresses, among them Glenelg Town Hall (originally the Glenelg Institute) on Moseley Square, St Peter's Anglican Church on Torrens Square, the Seafield Tower dwelling at 6-7 South Esplanade and St Andrew's Uniting Church at 92 Jetty Road. On our map reading, parts of Glenelg are in the Code's Historic Area Overlay for the Maturin Road Historic Area (HoB2). Check the address before you plan works.
As at 19 December 2025, the City of Holdfast Bay said its Transforming Jetty Road Glenelg project was due for completion in the second half of 2026.
Adelaide Metro lists tram Stop 16 Jetty Rd (122 and 81 Jetty Rd, Glenelg) and Stop 17 Moseley Square (12 Jetty Rd, Glenelg). On our reading of its timetable data, both are served by the Glenelg to Royal Adelaide Hospital and Glenelg to Festival Plaza trams.
We found no state school with a Glenelg address: the Department for Education's 2023 site list gives Glenelg Primary School's address as Diagonal Road, Glenelg East. On our map reading of the department's 2025 zone files, parts of Glenelg are in the zones of Glenelg Primary School, St Leonards Primary School, Brighton Secondary School and Plympton International College. Check the zone for the address if you are counting on a place.
Consumer and Business Services bond data for the April to June 2026 quarter, the latest published on data.sa.gov.au at 25 October 2026, puts the median weekly rent for bonds lodged in Glenelg at $595 for flats and units, and $600 across all dwellings. That quarter, Consumer and Business Services recorded about 65 bonds lodged in Glenelg, rounded to the nearest 5.
At the 2021 Census, 61.1% of Glenelg homes were flats or apartments, 20.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses or townhouses and 15.8% were separate houses.
Agents on a Pro plan who serve Glenelg
Why a buyers agent
In Glenelg, most homes are flats or apartments, parts of the suburb are in the Code's flood overlays, and State Heritage Places sit on Moseley Square, Jetty Road and South Esplanade. A buyers agent who works Holdfast Bay checks the Code for each home on your shortlist, prices it against the sales closest to it, and negotiates or bids at auction for you.
On our map reading, parts of Glenelg are in the Hazards (Flooding) and Hazards (Flooding - General) Overlays. An agent checks the address against both.
At the 2021 Census, six in ten Glenelg homes were flats or apartments. An agent compares buildings, strata and outlook against your budget.
Glenelg Town Hall, St Peter's Anglican Church and other places with Glenelg addresses are State Heritage Places. An agent checks the address before you bid.
RevenueSA's First Home Owner Grant is up to $15,000 for a first home buyer purchasing or building a new home. RevenueSA says changes to how stamp duty treats qualifying land and residential land came into effect on 15 September 2026, so an agent with your conveyancer checks current first home buyer relief with RevenueSA before you sign.
The place
Glenelg had 3,440 residents at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 55. It is in the City of Holdfast Bay.
At the 2021 Census, 36.9% of Glenelg homes were owned outright and 14.5% with a mortgage. The median weekly rent at that Census was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.
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Official figures are cited in the figures block above. Editorial review: 25 October 2026.
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