Average rent in Whyalla, SA — 2026

Whyalla sits below the South Australia median, with the typical renter paying $180/week — 36% less than the state-wide $283/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 58% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 40% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (56%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 21,154, the median age is 41, and the most common occupation is Technicians and Trades Workers. 18% of residents were born overseas. Whyalla is 231km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.