Suburb profile

Penneshaw SA 5222

Penneshaw is located in the South East South Australia region of South Australia, postcode 5222. It has 499 properties across 37 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Penneshaw, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Penneshaw

Penneshaw, SA 5222, sits in the South East South Australia region and neighbours Dudley East, Ironstone and Kangaroo Head. Its 37 streets hold 499 properties, 482 of them houses and 17 units.

Census figures are for the Kangaroo Island area, which had 4,894 residents, a median age of 50 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,128 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,023 a month and the median rent $208 a week. Of 1,940 dwellings, 1,840 were separate houses, 49 semi-detached, 24 flats and 13 other; 844 were owned outright, 536 owned with a mortgage and 430 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Penneshaw

  • 4,894Peoplelive in the area
  • 50Median ageyears
  • $1,128Median household incomea week
  • $208Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,840
  • Townhouses and semis49
  • Flats and apartments24
  • Other13

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,023a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 844Owned with a mortgage 536Rented 430Other 130

Schools in Penneshaw

  • Kangaroo Island Community Education - Penneshaw Campus

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Penneshaw

Neighbouring suburbs

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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.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

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