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Suburb profile ·Adelaide Hills LGA · SA ·5232

Cudlee Creek SA 5232

Cudlee Creek is in Adelaide Hills LGA, SA, postcode 5232, with population 425.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

$420/wk
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 3 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$530
$395
Mar 2025Mar 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$420/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
42,875
43K via Adelaide Hills LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
147
9 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,888
Median rent · wk$120

Affordability

22%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,888/mo, while renters pay about $1,820/mo — owning runs $68/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$98K
Median rent · wk
$420
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,888

Household income

$98K household · yr+29.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$39K
Family
$101K
Household
$98K
Crime 2024-25
9
2,118 per 100k
D3 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,118
Total incidents9· 2024-25
  • Assault150%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud150%

Full data detail

Cudlee Creek SA — Property Data and Demographics

Cudlee Creek (postcode 5232) is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Adelaide Hills local government area. It is home to about 425 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $98K 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 managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The current median weekly rent is $420. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,888.

The crime rate in the Adelaide Hills LGA is below average at 2,118 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, 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
Pop. Growth+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,888
Rent · wk(Census)$120
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$420
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 5232ATO
Negatively geared8 (2.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$9,355/yr
Landlords (rental income)38
Reported capital gains33
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population425
Median age52
Household size2.8
HH income · wk$1,875
Personal income · wk$755
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining1
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Cudlee Creek works as a starting read but still needs cross-checking.

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 · 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 Cudlee Creek 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Paracombe better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$157/wk

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

Piccadilly better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$140/wk

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

Carey Gully better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$120/wk

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

Cudlee Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Cudlee Creek in?

    Cudlee Creek is in the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5232. 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 typical weekly rent in Cudlee Creek?

    The median weekly rent in Cudlee Creek is $420/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Cudlee Creek?

    Rent context available: Cudlee Creek 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 Cudlee Creek a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Cudlee Creek?

    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 Cudlee Creek 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.