Suburb profile

Kensington SA 5068

Kensington is located in the Adelaide Central and Hills region of South Australia, postcode 5068. It has 1,291 properties across 23 streets. Explore every street in Kensington, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Kensington

Kensington, SA 5068, sits in the Adelaide Central and Hills region and neighbours Kensington Park, Leabrook, Marryatville and Norwood. Its 23 streets hold 1,291 properties, 618 of them houses and 673 units.

Census figures are for Norwood (SA), which covers the suburb. The area had 10,849 residents, a median age of 40 and an average household of 2 people. Median household income was $1,653 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month and the median rent $360 a week. Of 4,945 dwellings, 1,578 were separate houses, 2,237 semi-detached, 1,097 flats and 13 other; 1,406 were owned outright, 1,019 owned with a mortgage and 2,230 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Kensington

  • 10,849Peoplelive in the area
  • 40Median ageyears
  • $1,653Median household incomea week
  • $360Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,578
  • Townhouses and semis2,237
  • Flats and apartments1,097
  • Other13

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,000a month
  • Household size2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,406Owned with a mortgage 1,019Rented 2,230Other 290

Properties in Kensington

Schools in Kensington

  • Marryatville Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • St Joseph's Memorial School - Junior Primary Campus

    CatholicPrimary

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.