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Suburb profile ·Grant LGA · SA ·5291

Blackfellows Caves SA 5291

Blackfellows Caves is in Grant LGA, SA, postcode 5291, with population 72.

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
$225/wk
Market rent signal
D4 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
9,223
9K via Grant LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,180
142 added 12mo · 19MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,083
Median rent · wk$225
Investor profile

Who invests in Blackfellows Caves

Owner-occupied 92%Rented 8%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.2%
299 of 705 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,276/yr
Landlords (rental income)705
Reported capital gains433
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

94% of homes here are owner-occupied and 9% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

94% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,083/mo, while renters pay about $975/mo — owning runs $108/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$39K
Median rent · wk
$225
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,083

Household income

$39K household · yr-48.3% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$29K
Family
$110K
Household
$39K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (35 households)
Owned outright
46%
Owned with mortgage
49%
Rented
9%
Dwelling structure50.0% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%
Crime 2024-25
1
1,389 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,389
Total incidents1· 2024-25
  • Assault00%
  • Break And Enter1100%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

6,329 people · 20226,180 by 2032 (-2.4%)

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

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

Blackfellows Caves (postcode 5291) is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Grant local government area. It is home to about 72 residents, with a more retirement-aged population and a median age of 59. Households earn a median income of $39K per year, with an average household size of 1.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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 labourers, technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $225 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.

The crime rate in the Grant LGA is low at 1,389 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.6% 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+0.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,083
Rent · wk(Census)$225
Population growth · Grant LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)9,223
5-year growth+1% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Grant LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)30
Houses30
YoY change+0%
Employment · Grant LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+1.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5291ATO
Negatively geared5.2%
299 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,276/yr
Landlords (rental income)705
Reported capital gains433
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population72
Median age59
Household size1.9
HH income · wk$749
Personal income · wk$560
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$746 → $749
Change+0.4%
vs SA median-18.4 pp
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Aged care · Grant LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places42
The Oaks Aged Care Facility42 places
Childcare · Grant LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places90
Exceeding NQS0
Moorak Preschool40 places
Kirinari Kindergarten30 places
Allendale East Area School OSHC20 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Blackfellows Caves leans 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 · 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 Blackfellows Caves 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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Blackfellows Caves FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Blackfellows Caves in?

    Blackfellows Caves is in the Grant Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5291. Council-level context for Grant LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Blackfellows Caves?

    The median weekly rent in Blackfellows Caves is $225/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Blackfellows Caves a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Blackfellows Caves?

    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 Blackfellows Caves 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.