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Suburb profile ·Coorong LGA · SA ·5259

Ashville SA 5259

Ashville is in Coorong LGA, SA, postcode 5259, with population 28.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
5,627
6K via Coorong LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
521
37 added 12mo · 4MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,075
Median rent · wk

Household income

$93K household · yr+23.8% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$47K
Family
$95K
Household
$93K

Population outlook

5,578 people · 20225,289 by 2032 (-5.2%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the The Coorong SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Ashville SA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in South Australia within the Coorong local government area, Ashville is a quiet locality (postcode 5259). The area has roughly 28 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 38. Households earn a median income of $93K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 21 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 7 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, labourers. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,075.

On the investment side, Population growth of -0.1% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.1% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,075
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Coorong LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)5,627
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change-0.1%
20012025
Development · Coorong LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)24
Houses24
YoY change+0%
Employment · Coorong LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.4%
YoY change+1.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5259ATO
Negatively geared4.8%
29 of filers
Avg rental loss$3,969/yr
Landlords (rental income)54
Reported capital gains33
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population28
Median age38
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$1,792
Personal income · wk$900
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,124 → $1,792
Change+59.4%
vs SA median+40.6 pp
gentrifyingvs SA 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Coorong LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Meningie and Districts Memorial Hospital and Health Servicespublic
Tailem Bend District Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Coorong LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places64
Jallarah Homes30 places
Tailem Bend Multi-Purpose Service24 places
Meningie Multi-Purpose Service10 places
Childcare · Coorong LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places142
Exceeding NQS2
Tailem Bend Kindergarten40 places
Lake Albert Learning Centre30 places
Meningie Preschool30 places
Coomandook and Districts Kindergarten23 places
Tintinara Preschool19 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Ashville is a thin local read rather than a complete suburb verdict.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
SA metropolitan median house sales · Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage
stable source · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Ashville is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Check nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings for firmer comparables before making this a shortlist decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Ashville feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Salt Creek better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Meningie West better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Waltowa better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Ashville FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Ashville in?

    Ashville is in the Coorong Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5259. Council-level context for Coorong LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Ashville a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Ashville show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Ashville?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  4. How often is the Ashville data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.