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What it costs to live in Onkaparinga, SA
Onkaparinga council area, South Australia. About 184,827 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of South Australia.
Rent
We don't have a recent rent figure for this council area yet.
Pokies losses
There are no poker machine figures for this council area.
Electricity
$2,334
A year on the default offer in the SA Power Networks network area, for 4,000 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $2,217.
See electricity pricesCrime police recorded
Offences against the person, 2025–26
Police recorded 2,394 of these in Onkaparinga. That's 1,295 for every 100,000 people, or 81% of the SA average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,155, so it has gone up 12%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | SA per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 2,394 | 1,295 | 1,598 |
| 2024–25 | 2,239 | 1,211 | 1,548 |
| 2023–24 | 2,117 | 1,155 | 1,519 |
| 2022–23 | 2,142 | 1,181 | 1,440 |
| 2021–22 | 1,946 | 1,088 | 1,315 |
| 2020–21 | 2,039 | 1,155 | 1,258 |
| 2019–20 | 1,916 | 1,095 | 1,191 |
| 2018–19 | 1,929 | 1,114 | 1,193 |
| 2017–18 | 2,062 | 1,202 | 1,300 |
| 2016–17 | 2,060 | 1,208 | 1,303 |
Offences against property, 2025–26
Police recorded 6,061 of these in Onkaparinga. That's 3,279 for every 100,000 people, or 70% of the SA average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 3,846, so it has come down 15%.
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| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | SA per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 6,061 | 3,279 | 4,673 |
| 2024–25 | 6,702 | 3,626 | 4,660 |
| 2023–24 | 7,065 | 3,856 | 5,082 |
| 2022–23 | 7,412 | 4,087 | 5,069 |
| 2021–22 | 6,807 | 3,805 | 4,805 |
| 2020–21 | 6,791 | 3,846 | 4,440 |
| 2019–20 | 7,806 | 4,462 | 5,298 |
| 2018–19 | 7,943 | 4,588 | 5,159 |
| 2017–18 | 8,002 | 4,662 | 4,814 |
| 2016–17 | 7,658 | 4,492 | 4,846 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state. South Australia Police publish crime by suburb. We add each suburb to its council, and split a suburb that crosses two councils by where its people live. A few offences have no suburb, so they only count for the state.
Suburbs in Onkaparinga
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Aberfoyle Park
- Aldinga
- Aldinga Beach
- Blewitt Springs
- Chandlers Hill
- Cherry Gardens
- Christie Downs
- Christies Beach
- Clarendon
- Coromandel East
- Coromandel Valley (part)
- Darlington (part)
- Dorset Vale (part)
- Flagstaff Hill
- Hackham
- Hackham West
- Happy Valley
- Huntfield Heights
- Ironbank (part)
- Kangarilla (part)
- Kuitpo (part)
- Lonsdale
- Maslin Beach
- McLaren Flat
- McLaren Vale
- Moana
- Morphett Vale
- Noarlunga Centre
- Noarlunga Downs
- O'Halloran Hill (part)
- O'Sullivan Beach
- Old Noarlunga
- Old Reynella
- Onkaparinga Hills
- Port Noarlunga
- Port Noarlunga South
- Port Willunga
- Reynella
- Reynella East
- Seaford
- Seaford Heights
- Seaford Meadows
- Seaford Rise
- Sellicks Beach
- Sellicks Hill (part)
- Tatachilla
- The Range (part)
- Whites Valley
- Willunga
- Willunga South
- Woodcroft
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Onkaparinga with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, South Australia Police, Crime statistics, CC BY; Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Electricity: Default Market Offer 2026–27: © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Energy Regulator), CC BY 4.0; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right.