Blanche Harbor is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Port Augusta local government area (postcode 5700). The area has roughly 32 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 60. Households earn a median income of $71K 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 +0.1% 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 clerical & administrative, sales. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $225 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,350.
The crime rate in the Port Augusta LGA is below average at 3,125 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.1% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.