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Suburb profile ·Goyder LGA · SA ·5417

Booborowie SA 5417

Booborowie is in Goyder LGA, SA, postcode 5417, with population 205.

The read

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$200/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
4,141
4K via Goyder LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
462
23 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$618
Median rent · wk$200
Investor profile

Who invests in Booborowie

Owner-occupied 87%Rented 13%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4.4%
38 of 109 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,164/yr
Landlords (rental income)109
Reported capital gains86
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

77% of homes here are owner-occupied and 12% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

77% 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

20%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $618/mo, while renters pay about $867/mo — renting runs $249/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$53K
Median rent · wk
$200
Owner mortgage · mo
$618

Household income

$53K household · yr-29.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$29K
Family
$59K
Household
$53K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
13
$650-999
20
$1,000-1,499
19
$1,500-1,999
7
$2,000-2,999
8
$3,000-3,999
0
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 21% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $667/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (87 households)
Owned outright
53%
Owned with mortgage
24%
Rented
12%
Dwelling structure23.4% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 74% drive, 0% public transport, 5% walk or cycle, 14% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA1010
Students21
Government1
  • Booborowie Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1010
Crime 2024-25
6
2,927 per 100k
D4 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,927
Total incidents6· 2024-25
  • Assault267%
  • Break And Enter133%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

4,154 people · 20224,038 by 2032 (-2.8%)

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

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

Located in South Australia within the Goyder local government area, Booborowie is a quiet locality (postcode 5417). The area has roughly 205 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 56. Households earn a median income of $53K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 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 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, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $618.

Booborowie is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1010, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Goyder LGA is below average at 2,927 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.1% 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-0.1% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$618
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Population growth · Goyder LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)4,141
5-year growth+0% CAGR
YoY change-0.1%
20012025
Development · Goyder LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)11
Houses11
YoY change+0%
Employment · Goyder LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7.4%
YoY change+1.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5417ATO
Negatively geared4.4%
38 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,164/yr
Landlords (rental income)109
Reported capital gains86
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population205
Median age56
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$1,021
Personal income · wk$557
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$936 → $1,021
Change+9.1%
vs SA median-9.7 pp
Median rent+100%
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Goyder LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Burra Hospitalpublic
Eudunda Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Goyder LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places47
Eudunda Senior Citizens Hostel31 places
Burra MPS16 places
Childcare · Goyder LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places80
Exceeding NQS1
Burra Early Learning Centre30 places
Eudunda Community Preschool30 places
Burra & Communities OSHC20 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

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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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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.

Booborowie FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Booborowie in?

    Booborowie is in the Goyder Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5417. Council-level context for Goyder LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Booborowie?

    The median weekly rent in Booborowie is $200/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Booborowie a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Booborowie 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 Booborowie?

    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 Booborowie 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.