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Suburb profile ·Goyder LGA · SA ·5417

Burra SA 5417

Burra is in Goyder LGA, SA, postcode 5417, with population 1,112.

The read

Affordability-first

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$412/wk
Rising
+7.7% YoY
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 5 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$412
$365
Mar 2025Mar 2026
Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$412/wk
Rent context available
7.7%YoY D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,112
1K local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
4h 8m
247.8 km to Adelaide CBD · free-flow
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$953
Median rent · wk$180
Investor profile

Who invests in Burra

Owner-occupied 74%Rented 26%
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

71% of homes here are owner-occupied and 25% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

71% 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

48%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $953/mo, while renters pay about $1,785/mo — renting runs $832/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$45K
Median rent · wk
$412
Owner mortgage · mo
$953

Household income

$45K household · yr-40.2% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$28K
Family
$69K
Household
$45K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
21
$300-649
126
$650-999
106
$1,000-1,499
75
$1,500-1,999
32
$2,000-2,999
46
$3,000-3,999
24
$4,000+
7

At the median asking rent, about 70% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,373/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (478 households)3.1% social housing
Owned outright
46%
Owned with mortgage
25%
Rented
25%
Dwelling structure22.1% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
90%
Townhouse / semi
11%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 78% drive, 0% public transport, 6% walk or cycle, 11% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA964
Students194
Government1
  • Burra Community SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 964

Livability

47/ 100 livability index

Top 53% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 47% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access62
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals56

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Crime 2024-25
48
4,317 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,317
Total incidents48· 2024-25
  • Assault1146%
  • Break And Enter1146%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud28%

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
Burra SA — Property Data and Demographics

Burra (postcode 5417) is a close-knit residential community in South Australia within the Goyder local government area. The area has roughly 1,112 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 54. Households earn a median income of $45K per year, with an average household size of 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 English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $412. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $953.

Burra is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 964, which is around the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Goyder LGA is moderate at 4,317 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, 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$953
Rent · wk(Census)$180
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$412
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
Population1,112
Median age54
Household size2
HH income · wk$866
Personal income · wk$539
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$881 → $866
Change-1.7%
vs SA median-20.5 pp
Median rent+9.1%
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies1
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations3
Cafes & dining6
iga1
Hospitals · Goyder LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Burra Hospitalpublic · in suburb
Eudunda Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Goyder LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places47
Eudunda Senior Citizens Hostel31 places
Burra MPS16 places · in suburb
Childcare · Goyder LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places80
Exceeding NQS1
Burra Early Learning Centre30 places · in suburb
Eudunda Community Preschool30 places
Burra & Communities OSHC20 places · in suburb
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Burra has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass 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 using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

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
SA Housing Authority / CBS · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
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 · 1 hospitals matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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.

Burra FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Burra in?

    Burra 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 Burra?

    The median weekly rent in Burra is $412/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Burra?

    Rent context available: Burra has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Burra a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Burra?

    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.

  6. How often is the Burra 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.