Totness
SA 5250 · Mount Barker
96 (2021) → 115 est. (2025) · High Growth
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Totness is a high growth suburb in Mount Barker, SA 5250, about 26km from Adelaide CBD. Recent property sales in Totness are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 25/100, and is about 30km inland. Totness has an overall score of 42/100, based on transport, liveability and education. Suburb-level crime data isn't available for a safety score here.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (4.17%), New Zealand (3.12%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Property
Suburb-level sale prices aren't published for SA. Median weekly rents:
Source: Land Services SA + SA Housing Authority · Updated Q4 2025
Residential Safety
Very small population (under 500) — per-resident rates aren't shown and no safety score is calculated, but the raw incident counts below are still accurate.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year):
Incident-trend chart suppressed for this suburb — its all-category totals don't reflect the small resident base. Raw residential counts are shown above.
Area crime context
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: SA Police / OCSAR (suburb-level) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 1058 (above the national average of 1000).
No schools inside the suburb boundary — the schools below are in adjoining suburbs (counted within 10km for the education score).
Nearby (within 10km)
- Cornerstone CollegeSecondary · Independent · 1.8kmICSEA 1092
- Littlehampton Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.3kmICSEA 1049
- Mount Barker Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.4kmICSEA 1012
- St Francis de Sales CollegeCombined · Catholic · 3kmICSEA 1040
- King's Baptist Grammar School - Mount Barker CampusCombined · Independent · 3.2km
- Mount Barker High SchoolSecondary · Government · 3.3kmICSEA 1011
- St Mark's Lutheran SchoolPrimary · Independent · 3.3kmICSEA 1083
- St Michael's Lutheran SchoolPrimary · Independent · 3.5kmICSEA 1099
- Hahndorf Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.7kmICSEA 1060
- Mount Barker South Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.9kmICSEA 1010
- Mount Barker Waldorf SchoolCombined · Independent · 5kmICSEA 1092
- Nairne Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 5.6kmICSEA 1023
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
Population & Growth
High GrowthSource: ABS ERP & NSW DPHI
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Frequently asked questions about Totness
How far is Totness from Adelaide CBD?
Totness is about 25.8 km from Adelaide CBD, an estimated 89 minutes by public transport.
What schools are in Totness?
Totness has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Totness?
Totness has a transport score of 25/100 and 6 bus stops.