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What it costs to live in Wakefield, SA
Wakefield council area, South Australia. About 6,993 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 64 of these in Wakefield. That's 909 for every 100,000 people, or 57% of the SA average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 639, so it has gone up 42%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | SA per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 64 | 909 | 1,598 |
| 2024–25 | 79 | 1,136 | 1,548 |
| 2023–24 | 66 | 947 | 1,519 |
| 2022–23 | 54 | 769 | 1,440 |
| 2021–22 | 39 | 559 | 1,315 |
| 2020–21 | 44 | 639 | 1,258 |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 407 | 1,191 |
| 2018–19 | 53 | 766 | 1,193 |
| 2017–18 | 49 | 706 | 1,300 |
| 2016–17 | 41 | 585 | 1,303 |
Offences against property, 2025–26
Police recorded 243 of these in Wakefield. That's 3,478 for every 100,000 people, or 74% of the SA average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 2,342, so it has gone up 48%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | SA per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 243 | 3,478 | 4,673 |
| 2024–25 | 217 | 3,101 | 4,660 |
| 2023–24 | 222 | 3,172 | 5,082 |
| 2022–23 | 200 | 2,864 | 5,069 |
| 2021–22 | 177 | 2,543 | 4,805 |
| 2020–21 | 162 | 2,342 | 4,440 |
| 2019–20 | 235 | 3,415 | 5,298 |
| 2018–19 | 197 | 2,848 | 5,159 |
| 2017–18 | 195 | 2,836 | 4,814 |
| 2016–17 | 192 | 2,757 | 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 Wakefield
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Alma (part)
- Avon
- Balaklava
- Barabba (part)
- Barunga Gap
- Beaufort
- Blyth
- Bowillia
- Bowmans
- Brinkworth
- Bumbunga
- Burnsfield
- Condowie
- Dalkey
- Erith
- Everard Central
- Goyder
- Grace Plains (part)
- Halbury (part)
- Hamley Bridge
- Hart
- Hope Gap
- Hoskin Corner
- Hoyleton
- Inkerman
- Kallora
- Kybunga
- Lake View
- Lochiel
- Long Plains (part)
- Marola
- Mount Templeton
- Mundoora (part)
- Nantawarra
- Owen
- Pinery
- Port Wakefield
- Proof Range
- Rochester
- Saints
- Salter Springs (part)
- Snowtown
- South Hummocks (part)
- Stockyard Creek
- Stow
- Watchman
- Whitwarta
- Wild Horse Plains (part)
- Wokurna (part)
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 Wakefield 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.