Mapped: Full list of South Australian housing projects announced over the past two years

More than 23,000 new homes are being planned across the state since the state government took power, according to official figures. Search the map to see the plans in your area.

More than 23,000 new homes have been planned in new South Australian land releases over the two years since Labor came to power, according to latest official figures.

It’s hoped the plans, many of which involved rezoning land, will ease the state’s severe housing and rental crisis.

At least 1000 new homes will be built across three suburbs across the north, south and west in the latest major rezoning announcement from the state government.

Almost 500 allotments will be released for developments at West Lakes, 400 at Hillier Park and a further 114 at O’Sullivan Beach in a bid to tackle the state’s crippling housing crisis.

The rezoning will allow for an increase in mixed-use development and promises medium density and affordable housing to provide options for homebuyers.

The list below does not include major projects like Riverlea (12,000 homes) and Oaklands Green (700 homes), where approval predated the election of the Malinauskas government.

In the two biggest projects, a total of up to 12,000 homes will be built at Concordia, northeast of Gawler, and Onkaparinga Heights, formerly Hackham, in Adelaide’s south.

Another 1700 homes are planned for Sellicks Beach, south of Aldinga.

The government is also rezoning 10.3ha of land in Virginia to increase housing supply in a booming area of the city.

The parcel of land on McEvoy Rd has been identified as a key growth area in the Playford Growth Area Structure Plan and could potentially accommodate at least 150 low density allotments.

The Advertiser has mapped the land parcels being rezoned for housing across the state, showing the number of potential homes, total area, developer, zone and status, using official details supplied by Planning Minister Nick Champion’s office.

The land rezoning, or code amendments, led by the state government also has been detailed. Local councils are spearheading many of the smaller developments.

THE HOUSING PROJECTS PLANNED FOR SA

Onkaparinga Heights

Formerly Hackham, this 235ha parcel for up to 2000 homes was rezoned in early 2023 – among those announced that February by Premier Peter Malinauskas. Sales are expected to start in 2025/26, with 1000 homes being developed by the private sector and 1000 by the state government’s land agency, Renewal SA. Sales will include minimum 15 per cent affordable housing. Major landowners are working on final infrastructure agreements before lodging land division applications.

Concordia

About 10,000 homes northeast of Gawler, across 950ha. No timeline set for release. The Housing, Infrastructure, Planning and Development Unit says has been working with Barossa Council and others to plan infrastructure.

Sellicks Beach

Up to 1700 new homes across 130ha. No timeline set for release. A community engagement plan will be prepared early in 2024 to start planning for the area.

Dry Creek

Up to 15,000 homes across 832ha in Adelaide’s northwest. The state government says early investigations for starting land rezoning are underway. No timeline set for release. There is said to be “huge potential” for higher density housing. A working group has been set up across government and the with the landowner to discuss land remediation, fill and other environmental issues. Climate change and stormwater are among considerations.

Aldinga

First sales targeted for early 2025 in a 45ha greenfield land parcel. Agreement expected to be reached with preferred developer by mid-2024. Two Renewal SA-owned land parcels already pinpointed for development. More than 800 homes expected, with diverse range of housing types and prices.

Thebarton Brewery

Former West End brewery site, 8.4ha, bought by state government for $61.5m in September. More than 1000 new homes will be constructed, of which at least 20 per cent will be affordable. Master-planning of the site will begin in 2024, before construction is expected to start in 2025 and the first residents move in by 2027.

Thaxted Park

Almost 4ha of land at Woodcroft, the southwest corner of a golf course, rezoned for housing. Potential for 80 allotments. No timeline set for release

Point Turton and Port Victoria

More than 55ha rezoned at Point Turton and 26.7ha at Port Victoria, both on Yorke Peninsula and led by the local council. Potential for 438 allotments.

Golden Grove

About 340 homes proposed across 56ha in a rezoning to be considered by Planning Minister Nick Champion. Consultation finished in September and private developer leading proposal.

Goolwa North

Also being led by private developer. Potential for 2500 homes across 241ha. Rezoning to be considered by Mr Champion. Consultation finished in mid-December.

BID TO EASE SA HOUSING CRISIS

The biggest land parcels were part of the largest single release of residential land in the state’s history, revealed in February last year by Premier Peter Malinauskas in a bid to kickstart almost $1bn worth of home construction and tackle the unprecedented housing crisis.

This also pinpointed a 10,000-home development at Dry Creek, where the rezoning of an 832ha site is yet to begin, which the state Housing, Infrastructure, Planning and Development Unit says is because remediation, landfill and other environmental issues are being discussed across government and with the landowner.

Mr Champion said the government was “pulling every lever at our disposal to deliver a more affordable housing future for South Australians” and tackling “the housing crisis head-on”.

But Opposition planning spokeswoman Michelle Lensink said struggling people needed solutions to the housing crisis now but “some of these parcels of land won’t have houses built on them this decade”.

More than 40 land rezonings initiated since Labor came to power in March, 2022, are in the pipeline, undergoing an investigation and consultation process.

This is said to have the potential to create 18,131 homes across 1965.8ha, with a further 99.7ha under rezoning investigation.

As of late December, 14 land rezonings have been approved for redevelopment, allowing for 4320 homes across 355.3ha.

Artist impressions of the plans for the West End Brewery site at Thebarton, where more than 1000 new homes will be constructed. Picture: SA Government

Mr Champion conceded houses were not built overnight but insisted the government was working as quickly as possible to boost land supply, backed by appropriate services and infrastructure to ensure sustainable growth.

“The Onkaparinga Heights code amendment (land rezoning process) is already well advanced while Sellicks and Aldinga is well on its way and the foundational planning for the development of new communities at Concordia and Dry Creek continues,” he said.

“We are also working closely with local communities and councils to unlock more land for housing in regional communities right across the state.”

Mr Champion said a Regional Key Worker Housing Scheme was targeting quick home builds for essential workers in the country.

Ms Lensink boosting supply was vital to ease the housing crisis but said Labor’s land releases “do nothing to help the thousands of South Australians who are struggling to keep a roof over their heads right now”.

“Labor can’t talk big on land releases to solve our housing crisis when they deliberately delayed the Aldinga and Bowden projects by 12 months, and out-bid other developers at the West End Brewery site, which is seeing local developers give up on investing in South Australia,” she said.

“In the past year, the number of South Australians seeking homelessness support surpassed 7000 for the first time – and the Opposition continues to be inundated by people who are being forced out of the rental market and into cars, tents, and sheds because they can no longer afford a house to call home.”

Originally published as Mapped: Full list of South Australian housing projects announced over the past two years