Emu Bay (postcode 5223) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Kangaroo Island local government area. It is home to about 95 residents, with a predominantly older resident base and a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $69K 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 +0.8% 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, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $220 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,400.
The crime rate in the Kangaroo Island LGA is below average at 2,105 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.8% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.