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Suburb profile ·Port Augusta LGA · SA ·5700

Davenport SA 5700

Davenport is in Port Augusta LGA, SA, postcode 5700, with population 156.

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
$115/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
14,469
14K via Port Augusta LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,732
58 added 12mo · 17MW

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$115

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$38K
Median rent · wk
$115

Household income

$38K household · yr-49.9% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$20K
Family
$38K
Household
$38K
Crime 2024-25
176
112,821 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k112,821
Total incidents176· 2024-25
  • Assault6962%
  • Break And Enter4137%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud11%

Full data detail

Davenport SA — Property Data and Demographics

Davenport is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Port Augusta local government area (postcode 5700). With a population of 156, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $38K per year, with an average household size of 3.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.1% 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. Employment in the area leans toward education and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, German, English.

The median weekly rent is $115 (Census 2021).

The crime rate in the Port Augusta LGA is higher than average at 112,821 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.1% 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+0.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$115
Population growth · Port Augusta LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)14,469
5-year growth+0.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Port Augusta LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)6
Houses6
Units1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Port Augusta LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)13.4%
YoY change+7.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5700ATO
Negatively geared284 (4.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,934/yr
Landlords (rental income)581
Reported capital gains330
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population156
Median age40
Household size3.4
HH income · wk$725
Personal income · wk$394
Persons / bedroom1.1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Top occupationsCensus
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Davenport 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 Davenport 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.

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.

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

Commissariat Point most similar
similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent +$135/wk

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

Port Paterson most similar

pop -100 · rent +$173/wk

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

Port Augusta most similar
similar rent profile

pop +6300 · rent +$79/wk

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

Davenport FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Davenport in?

    Davenport is in the Port Augusta Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5700. Council-level context for Port Augusta LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Davenport?

    The median weekly rent in Davenport is $115/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Davenport a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Davenport 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 Davenport?

    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 Davenport 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.