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Suburb profile ·Light LGA · SA ·5355

Daveyston SA 5355

Daveyston is in Light LGA, SA, postcode 5355, with population 85.

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.

$265/wk
Mar 2025 → Sep 2025 · 3 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Sep 2025
$550
$440
Mar 2025Sep 2025
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$265/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
17,317
17K via Light LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,656
135 added 12mo · 19MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,473
Median rent · wk$265

Affordability

14%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,473/mo, while renters pay about $1,148/mo — owning runs $325/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$98K
Median rent · wk
$265
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,473

Household income

$98K household · yr+29.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$36K
Family
$117K
Household
$98K

Population outlook

10,184 people · 202210,874 by 2032 (+6.8%)

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

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

Daveyston (postcode 5355) is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Light local government area. With a population of 85, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $98K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.5% 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 labourers, technicians & trades, managers. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and admin services. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The median weekly rent is $265 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,473.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.5% 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+1.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,473
Rent · wk(Census)$265
Population growth · Light LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)17,317
5-year growth+1.8% CAGR
YoY change+1.5%
20012025
Development · Light LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)195
Houses195
YoY change+0%
Employment · Light LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.7%
YoY change+0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5355ATO
Negatively geared5.1%
267 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,129/yr
Landlords (rental income)584
Reported capital gains509
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population85
Median age39
Household size3
HH income · wk$1,875
Personal income · wk$687
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,437 → $1,875
Change+30.5%
vs SA median+11.7 pp
gentrifyingvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Light LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Kapunda Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Light LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places79
Wheatfields Incorporated53 places
Kapunda Homes26 places
Childcare · Light LGAACECQA
Services12
Approved places714
Exceeding NQS4
Stepping Stone Hewett Childcare & Early Development Centre130 places
Happy Haven OSHC Hewett75 places
Trinity College OSHC Roseworthy75 places
Roseworthy ELC70 places
Up N Grow Early Learning Centre65 places
Happy Haven OSHC Freeling55 places
+6 more in Light LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Daveyston depends 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 Daveyston 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.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

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pop same · rent -$17/wk

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pop same · rent +$55/wk

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pop same · rent +$55/wk

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Daveyston FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Daveyston in?

    Daveyston is in the Light Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5355. Council-level context for Light LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Daveyston?

    The median weekly rent in Daveyston is $265/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Daveyston a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Daveyston 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 Daveyston?

    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 Daveyston 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.