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Suburb profile ·Murray Bridge LGA · SA ·5253

Chapman Bore SA 5253

Chapman Bore is in Murray Bridge LGA, SA, postcode 5253, with population 26.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. 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
$230/wk
Market rent signal
D4 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
23,539
24K via Murray Bridge LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
5,576
301 added 12mo · 37MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,000
Median rent · wk$230

Affordability

17%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,000/mo, while renters pay about $997/mo — owning runs $1,003/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$72K
Median rent · wk
$230
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,000

Household income

$72K household · yr-5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$20K
Family
$65K
Household
$72K
Crime 2024-25
3
11,538 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k11,538
Total incidents3· 2024-25
  • Assault2100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Full data detail

Chapman Bore SA — Property Data and Demographics

Chapman Bore is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Murray Bridge local government area (postcode 5253). The area has roughly 26 residents and a blend of families and working-age professionals, with a median age of 32. Households earn a median income of $72K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% 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 clerical & administrative, labourers, managers. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $230 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,000.

The crime rate in the Murray Bridge LGA is higher than average at 11,538 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.9% 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+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$2,000
Rent · wk(Census)$230
Population growth · Murray Bridge LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)23,539
5-year growth+1.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Murray Bridge LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)203
Houses169
Units34
YoY change+0%
Employment · Murray Bridge LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.8%
YoY change+2.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5253ATO
Negatively geared387 (3.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,446/yr
Landlords (rental income)960
Reported capital gains605
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population26
Median age32
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$1,375
Personal income · wk$389
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Top industriesCensus
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Chapman Bore rests on evidence that should be verified before a 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 · 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 · 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 Chapman Bore 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, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market 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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Naturi most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$80/wk

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

Murrawong most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$40/wk

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

Gifford Hill most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$90/wk

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

Chapman Bore FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Chapman Bore in?

    Chapman Bore is in the Murray Bridge Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5253. Council-level context for Murray Bridge LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Chapman Bore?

    The median weekly rent in Chapman Bore is $230/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Chapman Bore a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Chapman Bore?

    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 Chapman Bore 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.