FruityCanyon aims to provide an accessible resource for understanding and learning about the Adelaide housing market. The website draws inspiration from Mappage.net.au by Eric Love, whose work is far more complex and insightful.
The site provides an understanding of Adelaide's current housing market and the costs of homeownership. The map illustrates median house prices across the state from 2014 to the present. The Can I Afford It? calculator demonstrates the deposit and income required for suburbs across Adelaide, assisting users in assessing their home-buying readiness. The savings and repayments calculators help individuals set savings goals or determine their potential repayments.
The property map data is sourced from Data SA's median house price dataset, which provides quarterly updates of Adelaide's median house prices and sales.
Suburbs with no data are not included in any of the datasets from 2014. Growth is calculated on a year-on-year basis. For example, growth for Q1 2026 is based on Q1 2025 prices.
The income figure in the Can I Afford It? calculator is based on a loan-to-income ratio of 1:5.5, which is a common generalisation used by banks to assess borrowing capacity.
The savings calculator compounds interest monthly: each month, one-twelfth of the annual interest rate is applied to the balance. For the repayments calculator, the interest rate is fixed at 6%, a common generalisation of what banks use as their mortgage interest rates.
The map shows Adelaide's suburbs as colour-coded polygons. Each suburb's colour reflects the selected metric for the chosen year, ranging from red (lower values) to green (higher values).
Hover over any suburb to see its name and a quick summary of the current metric. Click a suburb to open a detail panel with the full picture: median price, sales volume, and growth across all available years.
Use the controls at the top left to switch between metrics and adjust the year. The search box lets you type a suburb name and jump directly to it on the map.