In 1955 a typical Nairne house was about $6,300, or 3.7 years of an average wage. In 2026 it is about $720,000, or 7.2 years. Here is the decade-by-decade version, what was standing when, and what her block does now.
Modelled, not measured. Prices are the Adelaide median house price of the day (rounded, dollars of the day) scaled to where Nairne sits against the city median in 2026, blended toward the median for earlier decades because suburbs move up and down the ladder. Wages are national average full-time earnings. Treat every figure as "about". For actual sales history, ask an agent or the state valuer.
Trust homes and fibro on the fringe; stone villas closer in.
Cream brick veneer, one bathroom, a Hills Hoist.
Brown brick project homes, ducted evaporative, a family room.
The ensuite arrives. Colorbond replaces galvanised iron.
Four-two-two under one roof. Rendered feature walls.
Biggest houses in the world. Alfresco and theatre room.
Two-for-one subdivisions start. Solar on a third of roofs.
7-star, all-electric, 300m² blocks. Or a rebuild on Nan's.
Rebuild pressure in Nairne is medium. A knockdown or a subdivision every few streets. Character is shifting but the original stock still dominates. Growing along the highway edge; the 1850s main street is protected.
Locals know: One of the oldest towns in the hills. Some cottages predate the state's building rules entirely.
A typical Nairne block is 450-800m². Three realistic paths in 2026.
Blocks of 450-800m² in Nairne are the size developers look for. Two 4-bed homes typically $550K-$750K each to build, before demolition and civils.
Read the guideOne 220-260m² family home on the full block, $520K-$900K depending on builder tier. Keeps the backyard.
Read the guideRoof, rewire, switchboard, salt damp and a bathroom: $60K-$120K to bring an old Adelaide house up to modern comfort.
Read the guideModelled on the Adelaide median of the day and Nairne's current position relative to the city, a typical Nairne house was around $8,900 in 1965, or about 3.2 years of an average full-time wage. In 2026 it is around $720,000, or about 7.2 years of wages. These are indicative figures, not sales records.
Roughly 0% of today's homes in Nairne are infill: townhouses, courtyard homes or rebuilds that replaced an earlier house. Rebuild pressure is medium: A knockdown or a subdivision every few streets. Character is shifting but the original stock still dominates.
The largest share of Nairne (40%) is narrow-lot estates (2010s-2020s). Two-storey or long single-storey on 300-450m², black window frames, Colorbond Monument roofs, solar on most, 6 or 7-star rated. Very few established trees yet.
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