Suburb profile
Peterhead SA 5016
Peterhead is located in the Adelaide West region of South Australia, postcode 5016. It has 722 properties across 19 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Peterhead, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Peterhead
Peterhead, SA 5016, sits in Adelaide West and neighbours Birkenhead, Exeter, Largs Bay and Port Adelaide. Its 19 streets hold 722 properties, 550 of them houses and 172 units.
Census figures are for the Largs Bay - Semaphore area, which had 14,807 residents, a median age of 45 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,584 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month and the median rent $320 a week. Of 6,350 dwellings, 4,431 were separate houses, 1,058 semi-detached, 846 flats and 12 other; 1,902 were owned outright, 2,470 owned with a mortgage and 1,847 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Peterhead
- 14,807Peoplelive in the area
- 45Median ageyears
- $1,584Median household incomea week
- $320Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses4,431
- Townhouses and semis1,058
- Flats and apartments846
- Other12
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,625a month
- Household size2.2people on average
How homes are held
For sale and rent in Peterhead
Nick Wheatman
$579,000-$599,000
2/1A Walton Street, Peterhead SA 5016
Properties in Peterhead
2/25 Tim Hunt Way
For sale since Oct 2026 · $579,000-$599,000
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space
6 Ruby Street
Leased July 2026 · $630 per week
3 bedrooms 1 bathroom 3 car spaces
109 Mead Street
Leased Sept 2024 · $525 per week
3 bedrooms 1 bathroom 6 car spaces 813 m² land
8/45 Tim Hunt Way
Sold Apr 2022 · $460,000
3 bedrooms 1 bathroom 2 car spaces
13 Phillis Terrace
Sold Apr 2021 · $260,000
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 2 car spaces 76 m² land
Local agents in Peterhead
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 32
- Median sold price
- $835k
- Median days on market
- 19
Sarah Robinson
Property Manager Gary J Smith Real Estate
Agencies that specialise in Peterhead
Streets in Peterhead
- Alfred Street38 properties
- Fletcher Road59 properties
- Francis Street9 properties
- Hamley Street16 properties
- Hargrave Street46 properties
- Mary Street48 properties
- Matilda Street8 properties
- Mead Street69 properties
- Phillis Terrace66 properties
- Ruby Street16 properties
- Sanderson Street27 properties
- Sandwell Street37 properties
- Tim Hunt Way62 properties
- Trust Terrace38 properties
- Victoria Road16 properties
- Walton Street15 properties
- Whyte Street43 properties
- Wills Street87 properties
- Wooldridge Street22 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
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.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.