Ingle Farm, SA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Ingle Farm is a residential suburb in Adelaide's north-east, at the foot of the Mount Lofty Ranges, about 12 kilometres from the city centre. Its story begins with James Rowe, who settled here to farm in the 1840s; the property gained its name after his grandson married Martha Wright, who came from the town of Inglewood, and so the farm became known as Ingle Farm. In 1959 the South Australian Housing Trust bought the Rowe brothers' land and laid out a housing estate, with the first Trust homes built in the mid-1960s. The Rowe name lives on in Rowe Park, beside Ingle Farm Primary School. The suburb's hub is the Ingle Farm Shopping Centre, and frequent buses connect it to the city along the O-Bahn Busway.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Ingle Farm is more socio-economically advantaged than about 14% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 909, 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 Ingle Farm 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.
Lower on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Ingle Farm 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
14/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (14/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
41/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $310 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 41% 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.
Ingle Farm at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 9,543
- Median age
- 39
- Median weekly household income
- $1,286
- SEIFA score
- 909
- Local government area
- Salisbury
- Coordinates
- -34.8261, 138.6478
Map of Ingle Farm
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Housing & property in Ingle Farm
What it costs to live in Ingle Farm and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $310
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,387
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 71%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 27%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Ingle Farm demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Ingle Farm demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Ingle Farm 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 young adults (25–44) at 29% and 36% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 1,597 | 17% |
| Youth (15–24) | 1,084 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 2,743 | 29% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 2,042 | 21% |
| Seniors (65+) | 2,069 | 22% |
Share of the 9,535 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 1,222 | 34% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 1,323 | 37% |
| Rented | 967 | 27% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3,329 | 92% |
| Townhouses & semis | 167 | 5% |
| Flats & apartments | 116 | 3% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 3,623 occupied private dwellings in Ingle Farm.
- Average household size
- 2.5 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,529
- Median weekly personal income
- $636
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 3,298 (36%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 2,925 (32%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 265 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 3,739 (49%)
- Labour-force participation
- 55.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 7%
- Employed full-time
- 2,355
- Employed part-time
- 1,537
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.
Weather and climate in Ingle Farm
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Ingle Farm is January (average daytime high around 28.9°C) and the coolest is July (around 13°C). The area receives roughly 850 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.9°C | 16.1°C | 31 mm |
| Feb | 27.5°C | 15.4°C | 28 mm |
| Mar | 25.2°C | 14.3°C | 23 mm |
| Apr | 21.2°C | 12°C | 55 mm |
| May | 16.4°C | 9.4°C | 90 mm |
| Jun | 13.7°C | 7.3°C | 112 mm |
| Jul | 13°C | 6.4°C | 132 mm |
| Aug | 13.8°C | 6.6°C | 141 mm |
| Sep | 16.6°C | 8°C | 87 mm |
| Oct | 20.6°C | 10.1°C | 63 mm |
| Nov | 23°C | 11.7°C | 58 mm |
| Dec | 26.5°C | 13.9°C | 30 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Ingle Farm
Is Ingle Farm 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, Ingle Farm rates 23/100 overall (Lower 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 Ingle Farm?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Ingle Farm was $310, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,387. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Ingle Farm?
Ingle Farm is a suburb of South Australia, Australia, in the Salisbury local government area.
What is the population of Ingle Farm?
At the 2021 Census, Ingle Farm had a population of about 9,543.
Is Ingle Farm an advantaged area?
Ingle Farm has an ABS SEIFA score of 909, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 14 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 14% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Ingle Farm?
Ingle Farm has average daytime highs of about 20.5°C and overnight lows of about 10.9°C, with roughly 850 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
How big is Ingle Farm?
Ingle Farm is one of the most populous suburbs in South Australia — the 24th-largest by usual resident population at the 2021 Census (about 9,543 usual residents).
Where Ingle Farm ranks
Ingle Farm appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
- Largest suburbs in South Australia#24 of 25
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