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Bundaleer Gardens SA 5491

Bundaleer Gardens is in Northern Areas LGA, SA, postcode 5491, with population 8.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
4,688
5K via Northern Areas LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
608
22 added 12mo · 4MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk

Household income

$25K household · yr-67.3% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$14K
Family
$39K
Household
$25K

Population outlook

4,701 people · 20224,560 by 2032 (-3.0%)

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

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

Located in South Australia within the Northern Areas local government area, Bundaleer Gardens is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 5491). It is home to about 8 residents, with a more retirement-aged population and a median age of 68. Households earn a median income of $25K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% 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 top ancestries reported are English, Irish, German.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.2% 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+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Northern Areas LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)4,688
5-year growth+0.3% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Northern Areas LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)13
Houses13
YoY change+0%
Employment · Northern Areas LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.9%
YoY change+1.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5491ATO
Negatively geared6%
69 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,923/yr
Landlords (rental income)134
Reported capital gains158
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population8
Median age68
Household size1.8
HH income · wk$474
Personal income · wk$262
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,125 → $474
Change-57.9%
vs SA median-76.7 pp
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Northern Areas LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Jamestown Hospital and Health Servicepublic
Laura and District Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Northern Areas LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places66
Belalie Lodge41 places
Jamestown Hospital and Health Service13 places
Laura Multi-Purpose Service12 places
Childcare · Northern Areas LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places181
Exceeding NQS4
Jamestown Community Children's Centre56 places
Jamestown Community Children's Centre (Child Care) Inc56 places
Laura Preschool Centre29 places
Gladstone Kindergarten25 places
Happy Haven OSHC Jamestown15 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Bundaleer Gardens is a thin local read rather than a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
Missing
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 Bundaleer Gardens 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, transport stops, and crime coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Use nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings to find stronger comparables before turning this locality into a shortlist 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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

West Bundaleer most similar

pop same

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

Mayfield most similar

pop same

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

Caltowie North better covered
better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

Bundaleer Gardens FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Bundaleer Gardens in?

    Bundaleer Gardens is in the Northern Areas Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5491. Council-level context for Northern Areas LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Bundaleer Gardens a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Bundaleer Gardens?

    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.

  4. How often is the Bundaleer Gardens 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.