Located in South Australia within the Yorke Peninsula local government area, Curramulka is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 5580). The area has roughly 304 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $64K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% 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 healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $875.
Curramulka is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 935, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Yorke Peninsula LGA is low at 1,645 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.