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Suburb profile ·Goyder LGA · SA ·5416

Farrell Flat SA 5416

Farrell Flat is in Goyder LGA, SA, postcode 5416, with population 201.

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.

$200/wk
Jun 2025 → Dec 2025 · 3 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Dec 2025
$400
$300
Jun 2025Dec 2025
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
$200/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
4,141
4K via Goyder LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
73
2 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$802
Median rent · wk$200
Investor profile

Who invests in Farrell Flat

Owner-occupied 79%Rented 21%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared6.8%
10 of 20 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,701/yr
Landlords (rental income)20
Reported capital gains18
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

77% of homes here are owner-occupied and 20% rented, with 7% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

77% 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

18%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $802/mo, while renters pay about $867/mo — renting runs $65/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$58K
Median rent · wk
$200
Owner mortgage · mo
$802

Household income

$58K household · yr-23.3% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$29K
Family
$68K
Household
$58K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
19
$650-999
14
$1,000-1,499
24
$1,500-1,999
11
$2,000-2,999
4
$3,000-3,999
0
$4,000+
3

At the median asking rent, about 26% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $667/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (79 households)
Owned outright
43%
Owned with mortgage
34%
Rented
20%
Dwelling structure25.4% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
98%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 78% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 15% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
9
4,478 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,478
Total incidents9· 2024-25
  • Assault457%
  • Break And Enter229%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud114%

Population outlook

4,154 people · 20224,038 by 2032 (-2.8%)

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

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

Located in South Australia within the Goyder local government area, Farrell Flat is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 5416). The area has roughly 201 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $58K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 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 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 retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $802.

The crime rate in the Goyder LGA is moderate at 4,478 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.1% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.1% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$802
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Population growth · Goyder LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)4,141
5-year growth+0% CAGR
YoY change-0.1%
20012025
Development · Goyder LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)11
Houses11
YoY change+0%
Employment · Goyder LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7.4%
YoY change+1.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5416ATO
Negatively geared6.8%
10 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,701/yr
Landlords (rental income)20
Reported capital gains18
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population201
Median age50
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$1,111
Personal income · wk$564
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$862 → $1,111
Change+28.9%
vs SA median+10.1 pp
Median rent+8.1%
gentrifyingvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Goyder LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Burra Hospitalpublic
Eudunda Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Goyder LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places47
Eudunda Senior Citizens Hostel31 places
Burra MPS16 places
Childcare · Goyder LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places80
Exceeding NQS1
Burra Early Learning Centre30 places
Eudunda Community Preschool30 places
Burra & Communities OSHC20 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Farrell Flat 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 Farrell Flat 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. 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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Farrell Flat FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Farrell Flat in?

    Farrell Flat is in the Goyder Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5416. Council-level context for Goyder LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Farrell Flat?

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

  3. Is Farrell Flat a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Farrell Flat show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Farrell Flat?

    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 Farrell Flat 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.