Located in South Australia within the Mitcham local government area, Brown Hill Creek is a quiet locality (postcode 5062). With a population of 71, the suburb has a mix of families and early-career residents with a median age of 36. Households earn a median income of $147K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Italian.
Brown Hill Creek has a median house price of $1.0 million, holding roughly steady year-on-year. The median weekly rent is $275 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,750.
The crime rate in the Mitcham LGA is higher than average at 9,859 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 1.4%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.0M/$950K). The price-to-income ratio of 6.9x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.