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Suburb profile ·Adelaide Hills LGA · SA ·5144

Carey Gully SA 5144

Carey Gully is in Adelaide Hills LGA, SA, postcode 5144, with population 428.

The read

Livability-led

There are enough stretched or weaker signals here that you should assume trade-offs rather than a clean story. Use compare mode to see whether the downside is price, local quality, or weaker momentum before treating it as a target suburb.

$1.0M
-28.4% YoY
2014 → 2025 · 9 periods
ABS + state medians
$1.4M
$480K
2014 2025
Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
$1.0M
House median, latest period
28.4%YoY D7 vs AU
Median rent
$300/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
1.5%
Low yield band
D3 vs AU
Population
42,875
43K via Adelaide Hills LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
133
10 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

HousesUnits

Trend & investor depth

Indicative cashflow-$749/wk (-$38,930/yr) · interest-only @ 6.1%, 80% LVR

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.

Affordability

Buying
11.7x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Stretched
Renting
18%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,200/mo, while renters pay about $1,300/mo — owning runs $900/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$1.04M
Household income · yr
$88K
Median rent · wk
$300
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,200
Gross yield
1.5%

Household income

$88K household · yr+17.3% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$39K
Family
$117K
Household
$88K
Crime 2024-25
4
935 per 100k
D1 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k935
Total incidents4· 2024-25
  • Assault125%
  • Break And Enter125%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud250%

Full data detail

Carey Gully SA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in South Australia within the Adelaide Hills local government area, Carey Gully is a quiet locality (postcode 5144). It is home to about 428 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $88K 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 +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, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

Carey Gully has a median house price of $1.0 million, which has dropped significantly by 28.4% year-on-year. The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,200.

Public transport access includes 15 bus stops. The crime rate in the Adelaide Hills LGA is low at 935 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 1.5% (low yield). Property prices are near the state median ($1.0M/$950K). The price-to-income ratio of 11.7x is considered stretched. House prices have moved -28.4% 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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield1.5% Low Yield
Price vs State$1.0M/$950K· Near Median
Affordability11.7x Stretched
Price Momentum-28.4% Falling
Pop. Growth+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$2,200
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Gross yield1.5%
Price / income11.7x
Population growth · Adelaide Hills LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)42,875
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Adelaide Hills LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)75
Houses75
YoY change+0%
Employment · Adelaide Hills LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.3%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5144ATO
Negatively geared10 (4.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,578/yr
Landlords (rental income)39
Reported capital gains26
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population428
Median age53
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,699
Personal income · wk$759
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops15
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Carey Gully 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 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 · 2025-Q1 · Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage
stable source · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
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 · 15 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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.

Carey Gully FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Carey Gully in?

    Carey Gully is in the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5144. Council-level context for Adelaide Hills LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Carey Gully?

    The current median house price in Carey Gully, SA is $1.0M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in Carey Gully?

    The median weekly rent in Carey Gully is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  4. Is Carey Gully a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Carey Gully show: Low Yield, Near Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Carey Gully?

    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 Carey Gully 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.