Eden Valley, SA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Eden Valley is a small wine village in the Barossa Ranges of South Australia, about 55 kilometres north-east of Adelaide and bordering the Barossa Valley to its west. According to local lore the surveyors named it after finding the word 'Eden' carved into a tree, and the township was established in 1864. Sitting high in the ranges at around 300 metres, it enjoys cooler temperatures that suit viticulture: Joseph Gilbert planted the district's first vineyard, Pewsey Vale, back in 1847, and the Eden Valley region is now celebrated for high-quality riesling and shiraz, with an even higher sub-region known as High Eden. The St Petri Lutheran Church is a local landmark in a quiet, vine-covered pocket of the Barossa.
Less advantaged than the national average
Eden Valley is more socio-economically advantaged than about 38% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 967, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Eden Valley a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Eden Valley from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
38/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (38/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
57/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $260 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 57% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Eden Valley at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 390
- Median age
- 50
- Median weekly household income
- $1,309
- SEIFA score
- 967
- Local government area
- Barossa
- Coordinates
- -34.6674, 139.1298
Map of Eden Valley
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Housing & property in Eden Valley
What it costs to live in Eden Valley and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $260
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,400
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 86%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 8%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Eden Valley demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Eden Valley demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Eden Valley using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 33% and 19% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 48 | 13% |
| Youth (15–24) | 46 | 12% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 64 | 17% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 125 | 33% |
| Seniors (65+) | 101 | 26% |
Share of the 384 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 78 | 47% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 64 | 39% |
| Rented | 13 | 8% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 150 | 94% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 159 occupied private dwellings in Eden Valley.
- Average household size
- 2.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,666
- Median weekly personal income
- $606
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 72 (19%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 17 (5%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 3 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 160 (49%)
- Labour-force participation
- 59.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5%
- Employed full-time
- 113
- Employed part-time
- 67
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Eden Valley
Is Eden Valley a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Eden Valley rates 44/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Eden Valley?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Eden Valley was $260, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,400. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Eden Valley?
Eden Valley is a suburb of South Australia, Australia, in the Barossa local government area.
What is the population of Eden Valley?
At the 2021 Census, Eden Valley had a population of about 390.
Is Eden Valley an advantaged area?
Eden Valley has an ABS SEIFA score of 967, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 38 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 38% of Australian suburbs.
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