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Suburb profile ·Mount Remarkable LGA · SA ·5495

Baroota SA 5495

Baroota is in Mount Remarkable LGA, SA, postcode 5495, with population 52.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. 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
$575/wk
Market rent signal
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
2,861
3K via Mount Remarkable LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
277
8 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$850
Median rent · wk$575

Affordability

42%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $850/mo, while renters pay about $2,492/mo — renting runs $1,642/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$72K
Median rent · wk
$575
Owner mortgage · mo
$850

Household income

$72K household · yr-5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$37K
Family
$81K
Household
$72K

Population outlook

5,436 people · 20225,214 by 2032 (-4.1%)

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

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

Baroota (postcode 5495) is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Mount Remarkable local government area. With a population of 52, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 54. Households earn a median income of $72K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.3% 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, community & personal service, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $575 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $850.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.3% 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-0.3% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$850
Rent · wk(Census)$575
Population growth · Mount Remarkable LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)2,861
5-year growth-0.3% CAGR
YoY change-0.3%
20012025
Development · Mount Remarkable LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)9
Houses9
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mount Remarkable LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7.5%
YoY change+1.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5495ATO
Negatively geared4.7%
13 of filers
Avg rental loss$1,986/yr
Landlords (rental income)36
Reported capital gains23
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population52
Median age54
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,375
Personal income · wk$706
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,312 → $1,375
Change+4.8%
vs SA median-14 pp
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Mount Remarkable LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Booleroo Centre District Hospital and Health Servicespublic
Aged care · Mount Remarkable LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places30
Mt View Homes Inc30 places
Childcare · Mount Remarkable LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places60
Exceeding NQS0
Booleroo Centre & District Kindergarten28 places
Melrose Outreach Preschool19 places
Wilmington Preschool13 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Baroota rests on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

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 falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
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 Baroota 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Bangor most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$310/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Wongyarra most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$432/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Murray Town most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Baroota FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Baroota in?

    Baroota is in the Mount Remarkable Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5495. Council-level context for Mount Remarkable LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Baroota?

    The median weekly rent in Baroota is $575/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Baroota a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Baroota?

    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.

  5. How often is the Baroota 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.