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Suburb profile ·Onkaparinga LGA · SA ·5171

Blewitt Springs SA 5171

Blewitt Springs is in Onkaparinga LGA, SA, postcode 5171, with population 346.

Limited data

Thin-context

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Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$205/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
184,827
185K via Onkaparinga LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,270
117 added 12mo · 17MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,000
Median rent · wk$205

Affordability

10%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,000/mo, while renters pay about $888/mo — owning runs $1,112/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$107K
Median rent · wk
$205
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,000

Household income

$107K household · yr+41.6% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$40K
Family
$115K
Household
$107K
Crime 2024-25
7
2,023 per 100k
D3 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,023
Total incidents7· 2024-25
  • Assault457%
  • Break And Enter114%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud229%

Full data detail

Blewitt Springs SA — Property Data and Demographics

Blewitt Springs is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Onkaparinga local government area (postcode 5171). With a population of 346, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $107K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% 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 professionals, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median weekly rent is $205 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,000.

The crime rate in the Onkaparinga LGA is below average at 2,023 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.9% 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+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$2,000
Rent · wk(Census)$205
Population growth · Onkaparinga LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)184,827
5-year growth+1.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Onkaparinga LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)892
Houses574
Units319
YoY change+0%
Employment · Onkaparinga LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.4%
YoY change-0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5171ATO
Negatively geared261 (6.7% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,024/yr
Landlords (rental income)595
Reported capital gains418
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population346
Median age49
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$2,050
Personal income · wk$767
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Blewitt Springs 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 Blewitt Springs 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

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

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

Whites Valley better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent +$65/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Willunga South better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent +$70/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Coromandel East most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$85/wk

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

Blewitt Springs FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Blewitt Springs in?

    Blewitt Springs is in the Onkaparinga Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5171. Council-level context for Onkaparinga LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Blewitt Springs?

    The median weekly rent in Blewitt Springs is $205/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Blewitt Springs a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Blewitt Springs 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 Blewitt Springs?

    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 Blewitt Springs 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.