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Buying a home in South Australia: prices and stamp duty

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Total Value of Dwellings, June quarter 2026 (preliminary). State figure: mean price of all residential dwellings.

In short

In the June quarter 2026, the mean price of a residential dwelling in South Australia was $979,600 (+12.9% over a year), and the median established house sold in Adelaide was $975,000. South Australian stamp duty is not computed by Payotte: the RevenueSA rate pages could not be read.

The questions, answered

What is the average value of a home in South Australia?

The mean price of all residential dwellings in South Australia was $979,600 in the June quarter 2026, +12.9% over a year (ABS Total Value of Dwellings, preliminary). It is the value of the whole housing stock divided by the number of dwellings (846,500), not a sale price.

How much stamp duty in South Australia?

Payotte does not compute South Australian stamp duty: the RevenueSA rate pages could not be read. Use the RevenueSA calculator for the exact amount.

How many homes sell in South Australia?

37,361 homes changed hands in South Australia from the June quarter 2025 to March quarter 2026, the latest four revised quarters (ABS).

The figures, June quarter 2026

MeasureValueOver a year
Mean price, all residential dwellings$979,600+12.9%
Number of residential dwellings846,500—
Homes changing hands, June quarter 2025 to March quarter 202637,361—

A median of houses sold and a mean of the whole housing stock measure different things: do not compare them. The latest quarter is preliminary and may be revised.

Areas of South Australia

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