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Suburb profile ·Streaky Bay LGA · SA ·5660

Cungena SA 5660

Cungena is in Streaky Bay LGA, SA, postcode 5660, with population 25.

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.

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
$50/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
2,292
2K via Streaky Bay LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
6
0 added 12mo · 0MW

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$50

Affordability

2%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$143K
Median rent · wk
$50

Household income

$143K household · yr+89.8% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$54K
Family
$143K
Household
$143K

Population outlook

3,796 people · 20223,979 by 2032 (+4.8%)

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

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

Located in South Australia within the Streaky Bay local government area, Cungena is a small, quiet locality (postcode 5660). With a population of 25, the suburb has a blend of families and working-age professionals with a median age of 37. Households earn a median income of $143K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% 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 transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $50 (Census 2021).

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.5% 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+0.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$50
Population growth · Streaky Bay LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)2,292
5-year growth+0.6% CAGR
YoY change+0.5%
20012025
Development · Streaky Bay LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)17
Houses17
YoY change+0%
Employment · Streaky Bay LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)11.8%
YoY change+7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population25
Median age37
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$2,749
Personal income · wk$1,041
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,312 → $2,749
Change+109.5%
vs SA median+90.7 pp
gentrifyingvs SA 2016–21
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Streaky Bay LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Streaky Bay Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Streaky Bay LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places26
Streaky Bay Multi-Purpose Service26 places
Childcare · Streaky Bay LGAACECQA
Services4
Approved places139
Exceeding NQS1
Busy Kids Streaky Bay50 places
Streaky Bay Children's Centre41 places
Streaky Bay Area School OSHC30 places
Miltaburra School Based Preschool18 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Cungena 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 · 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 Cungena 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; 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

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

Chandada most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent same $

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Kaldoonera most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$5/wk

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Mortana most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$42/wk

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Cungena FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Cungena in?

    Cungena is in the Streaky Bay Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5660. Council-level context for Streaky Bay LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Cungena?

    The median weekly rent in Cungena is $50/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Cungena a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Cungena 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 Cungena?

    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 Cungena 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.