Kent Town, SA

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan · Updated 1 June 2026

Kent Town is a small, historic suburb on the inner-eastern edge of Adelaide, just across the parklands from the city in the City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters. It was named after Benjamin Archer Kent, an English doctor who arrived in the colony in 1840 and set up a flour mill and farm on the site. Kent Town later became known for its brewery, built by Edwin Thomas Smith, whose handsome old malthouse has since been converted into apartments. The Wesley Uniting Church, founded in 1864, and a long row of heritage buildings along Rundle Street recall the suburb's Victorian heyday, when horse trams rattled through on their way east. Today its converted warehouses house offices, bars and restaurants that fill with crowds each autumn during the Adelaide Fringe, the second-largest arts festival in the world.

76/100

Suburb Score

More advantaged than the national average

Kent Town is more socio-economically advantaged than about 76% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1035, where about 1000 is the national average).

A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.

Kent Town at a glance

Population (2021): 1,443
Median age: 36
Median weekly household income: $1,461
SEIFA score: 1035
Coordinates: -34.9213, 138.6193

Kent Town demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Kent Town using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is young adults (25–44) at 34%, 57% of homes are rented, and 39% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age group	People	Share
Children (0–14)	119	8%
Youth (15–24)	255	18%
Young adults (25–44)	497	34%
Mid-life (45–64)	338	23%
Seniors (65+)	236	16%

Share of the 1,445 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Tenure	Dwellings	Share
Owned outright	138	20%
Owned with a mortgage	110	16%
Rented	389	57%

Dwelling type	Dwellings	Share
Houses	55	8%
Townhouses & semis	210	31%
Flats & apartments	411	61%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 679 occupied private dwellings in Kent Town.

Median weekly rent: $330
Median monthly mortgage: $1,924
Average household size: 1.7 people
Median weekly family income: $2,086
Median weekly personal income: $831

Community and culture

Born overseas: 527 (39%)
Speaks a language other than English at home: 358 (26%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander: 14 (1%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12: 882 (73%)
Labour-force participation: 62.5%
Unemployment rate: 7.6%
Employed full-time: 444
Employed part-time: 298

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.

Weather and climate in Kent Town

Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Kent Town is January (average daytime high around 27.9°C) and the coolest is July (around 14°C). The area receives roughly 711 mm of rain across the year.

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Rain
Jan	27.9°C	17.5°C	29 mm
Feb	26.5°C	17°C	29 mm
Mar	24.7°C	16°C	20 mm
Apr	21.4°C	14°C	51 mm
May	17.3°C	11.7°C	86 mm
Jun	14.8°C	9.6°C	100 mm
Jul	14°C	8.9°C	104 mm
Aug	14.7°C	8.8°C	95 mm
Sep	17.2°C	10.2°C	62 mm
Oct	20.5°C	11.9°C	52 mm
Nov	22.7°C	13.6°C	52 mm
Dec	25.6°C	15.6°C	31 mm

Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).

Common questions about Kent Town

Where is Kent Town?

Kent Town is a suburb of South Australia, Australia.

What is the population of Kent Town?

At the 2021 Census, Kent Town had a population of about 1,443.

Is Kent Town an advantaged area?

Kent Town has an ABS SEIFA score of 1035, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 76 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 76% of Australian suburbs.

What is the weather like in Kent Town?

Kent Town has average daytime highs of about 20.6°C and overnight lows of about 12.9°C, with roughly 711 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).