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Suburb profile ·Adelaide Plains LGA · SA ·5502

Grace Plains SA 5502

Grace Plains is in Adelaide Plains LGA, SA, postcode 5502, with population 61.

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.

Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read.

What to check

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
11,736
12K via Adelaide Plains LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
509
13 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,059
Median rent · wk

Household income

$84K household · yr+12.2% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$38K
Family
$85K
Household
$84K
Crime 2024-25
4
6,557 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,557
Total incidents4· 2024-25
  • Assault150%
  • Break And Enter150%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

3,445 people · 20223,641 by 2032 (+5.7%)

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

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

Grace Plains is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Adelaide Plains local government area (postcode 5502). The area has roughly 61 residents and an established family demographic, with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $84K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.8% 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, technicians & trades, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,059.

The crime rate in the Adelaide Plains LGA is moderate at 6,557 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +3.8% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+3.8% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$2,059
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Adelaide Plains LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)11,736
5-year growth+3.9% CAGR
YoY change+3.8%
20012025
Development · Adelaide Plains LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)99
Houses99
YoY change+0%
Employment · Adelaide Plains LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change+0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5502ATO
Negatively geared5.2%
52 of filers
Avg rental loss$3,852/yr
Landlords (rental income)118
Reported capital gains65
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population61
Median age41
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,624
Personal income · wk$725
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,850 → $1,624
Change-12.2%
vs SA median-31 pp
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Childcare · Adelaide Plains LGAACECQA
Services7
Approved places353
Exceeding NQS2
Xavier College OSHC Two Wells90 places
Stepping Stone Two Wells Childcare & Early Development Centre80 places
Two Wells Community Children's Centre60 places
Happy Haven OSHC Two Wells39 places
Mallala Preschool30 places
Two Wells Community Children's Centre Outreach Preschool30 places
+1 more in Adelaide Plains LGA
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Grace Plains is a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 Grace Plains 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 as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Check nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings for firmer comparables before making this a shortlist 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Long Plains better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Fischer better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Calomba better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Grace Plains FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Grace Plains in?

    Grace Plains is in the Adelaide Plains Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5502. Council-level context for Adelaide Plains LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Grace Plains a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Grace Plains show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Grace Plains?

    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.

  4. How often is the Grace Plains 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.