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Suburb profile ·Yorke Peninsula LGA · SA ·5580

Curramulka SA 5580

Curramulka is in Yorke Peninsula LGA, SA, postcode 5580, with population 304.

The read

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$200/wk
Mar 2025 → Sep 2025 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Sep 2025
$300
$300
Mar 2025Sep 2025
What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$200/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
12,242
12K via Yorke Peninsula LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
157
10 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$875
Median rent · wk$200
Investor profile

Who invests in Curramulka

Owner-occupied 88%Rented 12%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4.1%
10 of 32 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,698/yr
Landlords (rental income)32
Reported capital gains24
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

79% of homes here are owner-occupied and 10% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

79% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $875/mo, while renters pay about $867/mo — owning runs $8/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$64K
Median rent · wk
$200
Owner mortgage · mo
$875

Household income

$64K household · yr-15.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$35K
Family
$79K
Household
$64K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
3
$300-649
21
$650-999
20
$1,000-1,499
21
$1,500-1,999
17
$2,000-2,999
14
$3,000-3,999
7
$4,000+
5

At the median asking rent, about 23% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $667/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (125 households)
Owned outright
59%
Owned with mortgage
20%
Rented
10%
Dwelling structure17.0% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
97%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 55% drive, 0% public transport, 12% walk or cycle, 24% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA935
Students25
Government1
  • Curramulka Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 935
Crime 2024-25
5
1,645 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,645
Total incidents5· 2024-25
  • Assault00%
  • Break And Enter1100%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

7,656 people · 20227,539 by 2032 (-1.5%)

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

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

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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$875
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Population growth · Yorke Peninsula LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)12,242
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Yorke Peninsula LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)78
Houses78
YoY change+0%
Employment · Yorke Peninsula LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)6.8%
YoY change+1.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5580ATO
Negatively geared4.1%
10 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,698/yr
Landlords (rental income)32
Reported capital gains24
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population304
Median age48
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,224
Personal income · wk$667
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$968 → $1,224
Change+26.4%
vs SA median+7.6 pp
Median rent+33.3%
gentrifyingvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Yorke Peninsula LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Central Yorke Peninsula Hospital (Maitland)public
Southern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Yorketown)public
Aged care · Yorke Peninsula LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places146
Eldercare The Village60 places
Melaleuca Court Nursing Home35 places
Ardrossan Community Hostel33 places
Eldercare - South Park Minlaton18 places
Childcare · Yorke Peninsula LGAACECQA
Services8
Approved places311
Exceeding NQS3
Minlaton Family Centre82 places
Central Yorke Early Learning Centre41 places
Minlaton District Early Learning Centre40 places
Maitland Family Centre39 places
Yorketown Community Children's Centre34 places
Yorketown Area School OSHC30 places
+2 more in Yorke Peninsula LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

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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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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.

Curramulka FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Curramulka in?

    Curramulka is in the Yorke Peninsula Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5580. Council-level context for Yorke Peninsula LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Curramulka?

    The median weekly rent in Curramulka is $200/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Curramulka a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Curramulka 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 Curramulka?

    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 Curramulka 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.