Suburb profile

Tarpeena SA 5277

Tarpeena is located in the South East South Australia region of South Australia, postcode 5277. It has 371 properties across 38 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Tarpeena, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Tarpeena

Tarpeena, SA 5277, sits in the South East South Australia region and neighbours Dismal Swamp, Mingbool, Nangwarry and Wepar. Its 38 streets hold 371 properties, 353 of them houses and 18 units.

Census figures are for the Grant area, which has 6,138 residents, a median age of 45 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income is $1,582 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $200 a week. Of 1,933 dwellings, 1,845 are separate houses, 20 semi-detached, 3 flats and 49 other; 824 are owned outright, 775 owned with a mortgage and 233 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Tarpeena

  • 6,138Peoplelive in the area
  • 45Median ageyears
  • $1,582Median household incomea week
  • $200Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,845
  • Townhouses and semis20
  • Flats and apartments3
  • Other49

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 824Owned with a mortgage 775Rented 233Other 101

Streets in Tarpeena

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.