Suburb profile

Upper Sturt SA 5156

Upper Sturt is located in the Adelaide South region of South Australia, postcode 5156. It has 451 properties across 22 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Upper Sturt, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Upper Sturt

Upper Sturt, SA 5156, sits in the Adelaide South region and neighbours Belair, Coromandel East, Crafers West and Hawthorndene. Its 22 streets hold 451 properties, 450 of them houses and 1 a unit.

Census figures are for the Aldgate - Stirling area, which is not the suburb alone. The area had 18,208 residents, a median age of 44 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $2,297 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month and the median rent $410 a week. Of 6,512 dwellings, 6,384 were separate houses, 71 semi-detached and 48 flats; 2,713 were owned outright, 3,089 owned with a mortgage and 531 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Upper Sturt

  • 18,208Peoplelive in the area
  • 44Median ageyears
  • $2,297Median household incomea week
  • $410Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses6,384
  • Townhouses and semis71
  • Flats and apartments48
  • Other3

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,000a month
  • Household size2.7people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,713Owned with a mortgage 3,089Rented 531Other 179

Properties in Upper Sturt

Schools in Upper Sturt

  • Upper Sturt Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

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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.