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Suburb profile ·Victor Harbor LGA · SA ·5211

Back Valley SA 5211

Back Valley is in Victor Harbor LGA, SA, postcode 5211, with population 176.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

$550/wk
Sep 2025 → Mar 2026 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$550
$365
Sep 2025Mar 2026
What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$550/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
17,457
17K via Victor Harbor LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
6,761
344 added 12mo · 37MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,638
Median rent · wk$310

Affordability

46%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,638/mo, while renters pay about $2,383/mo — renting runs $745/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$63K
Median rent · wk
$550
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,638

Household income

$63K household · yr-17% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$31K
Family
$74K
Household
$63K
Crime 2024-25
9
5,114 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,114
Total incidents9· 2024-25
  • Assault125%
  • Break And Enter375%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Full data detail

Back Valley SA — Property Data and Demographics

Back Valley is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Victor Harbor local government area (postcode 5211). It is home to about 176 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $63K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.8% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 23 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 11 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, technicians & trades, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $550. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,638.

The crime rate in the Victor Harbor LGA is moderate at 5,114 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.8% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,638
Rent · wk(Census)$310
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$550
Population growth · Victor Harbor LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)17,457
5-year growth+1.7% CAGR
YoY change+1.8%
20012025
Development · Victor Harbor LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)259
Houses248
Units11
YoY change+0%
Employment · Victor Harbor LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.9%
YoY change+1.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5211ATO
Negatively geared366 (4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,577/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,062
Reported capital gains1,085
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population176
Median age47
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,202
Personal income · wk$598
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Back Valley is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.

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
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

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
SA Housing Authority / CBS · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Crime
State crime dataset · 2024-25 · Area-level release dataset
Available
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 Back Valley 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, and transport stops.

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

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market 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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Back Valley FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Back Valley in?

    Back Valley is in the Victor Harbor Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5211. Council-level context for Victor Harbor LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Back Valley?

    The median weekly rent in Back Valley is $550/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Back Valley?

    Rent context available: Back Valley has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Back Valley a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Back Valley?

    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.

  6. How often is the Back Valley 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.