Glenburnie is in Grant LGA, SA, postcode 5291, with population 396.
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84% of homes here are owner-occupied and 13% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.
84% 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.
This suburb 15% · SA median 18%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 72% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,393/mo, while renters pay about $1,213/mo — owning runs $180/mo higher on these medians.
At the median asking rent, about 28% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $933/wk income).
Getting to work: 90% drive, 0% public transport, 4% walk or cycle, 5% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Grant SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Glenburnie is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Grant local government area (postcode 5291). With a population of 396, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $99K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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 technicians & trades, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $280. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,393.
Glenburnie is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1001, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Grant LGA is below average at 2,525 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Glenburnie is in the Grant Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5291. Council-level context for Grant LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Glenburnie is $280/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Glenburnie has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Glenburnie show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.