Average rent in Wakefield - Barunga West, SA — 2026

Wakefield - Barunga West sits below the South Australia median, with the typical renter paying $220/week — 22% less than the state-wide $283/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 73% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 20% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (93%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 9,500, the median age is 48, and the most common occupation is Managers. 10% of residents were born overseas. Wakefield - Barunga West is 117km from Adelaide, often putting it outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date. Your reported figure above gives the live read; the Census number anchors the historical baseline.