SA’s worst housing black spots revealed in new data

The gap is widening between the number of people who want homes and the pipeline of properties to house them, with new data revealing the SA locations currently experiencing the biggest building black spots. According to an analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics data commissioned by Bolst Property Group, Bellevue Heights is the South Australian area with the biggest gap between new residents and building approvals, suggesting a housing shortfall. According to the report, the suburb had 882 new residents between 2022 and 2025, with an estimated dwelling demand of 339 to house them. Carpenter Tom Ferraro building a home for Hickinbotham Group at Roseworthy, South Australia. Picture: Brett Hartwig From 2023 to 2025 there were only 56 dwellings approved, leaving an estimated approval gap of 283, which equates to a shortfall of 85 homes per 1000 estimated homes. For the 2025/26 financial year, there were only 24 Bellevue Heights approvals granted. The Mawson Lakes-Globe Derby Park area faced the next biggest shortfall, with 665 new residents between 2022 and 2025 and an estimated dwelling demand of 256, but just 29 dwellings approved between 2023 and 2025, leaving a gap of 227 appr...