What's driving the Adelaide real estate investment market?

South Australia (SA) presents a compelling proposition for private investors seeking stable, long-term growth across Adelaide’s commercial real estate sectors. The city’s affordability advantage, coupled with a resilient local economy underpinned by government, healthcare and education industries creates an environment for sustainable returns. But before you invest, you need to truly understand what's driving the South Australian capital to guide your decisions.

We've gathered the need-to-know insights across living, office, retail and logistics & industrial that will give you a crash course in the trends shaping the Adelaide metro.

• Improved levels of demand for apartment developments in Adelaide have been prevalent over the past 12 months.
• Rolling annual retail trade growth has improved for five consecutive months, and as at April 2025, growth increased to 2.8%, versus 2.1% recorded in the six months prior.
• Industrial leasing activity (>3,000 sqm) across the Adelaide industrial and logistics market totalled 170,100 sqm over the last 12 months