Black Rock is in Orroroo Carrieton LGA, SA, postcode 5431, with population 36.
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Located in South Australia within the Orroroo Carrieton local government area, Black Rock is a small, quiet locality (postcode 5431). It is home to about 36 residents, with a predominantly older resident base and a median age of 62. Households earn a median income of $75K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.8% 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, clerical & administrative, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Irish, Scottish.
The median monthly mortgage repayment is $200.
The crime rate in the Orroroo Carrieton LGA is below average at 2,778 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.8% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Black Rock is in the Orroroo Carrieton Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5431. Council-level context for Orroroo Carrieton LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Black Rock show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.