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Suburb profile ·Northern Areas LGA · SA ·5471

Gulnare SA 5471

Gulnare is in Northern Areas LGA, SA, postcode 5471, with population 80.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
4,688
5K via Northern Areas LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
15
0 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$400
Median rent · wk
Investor profile

Who invests in Gulnare

Owner-occupied 100%Rented 0%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4.8%
3 of 11 landlords
Avg rental loss$15,376/yr
Landlords (rental income)11
Reported capital gains11
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

85% of homes here are owner-occupied and 0% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

85% 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.

Household income

$68K household · yr-9.4% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$47K
Family
$113K
Household
$68K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
5
$650-999
3
$1,000-1,499
11
$1,500-1,999
3
$2,000-2,999
6
$3,000-3,999
3
$4,000+
6

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (39 households)
Owned outright
56%
Owned with mortgage
28%
Rented
0%
Dwelling structure24.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 50% drive, 0% public transport, 9% walk or cycle, 50% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
1
1,250 per 100k
D1 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,250
Total incidents1· 2024-25
  • Assault0
  • Break And Enter0
  • Drug Offences0
  • Fraud0

Population outlook

4,701 people · 20224,560 by 2032 (-3.0%)

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

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

Gulnare is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Northern Areas local government area (postcode 5471). The area has roughly 80 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $68K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% 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, professionals, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and utilities. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $400.

The crime rate in the Northern Areas LGA is low at 1,250 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.2% 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+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$400
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Northern Areas LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)4,688
5-year growth+0.3% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Northern Areas LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)13
Houses13
YoY change+0%
Employment · Northern Areas LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.9%
YoY change+1.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5471ATO
Negatively geared4.8%
3 of filers
Avg rental loss$15,376/yr
Landlords (rental income)11
Reported capital gains11
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population80
Median age53
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$1,312
Personal income · wk$900
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,062 → $1,312
Change+23.5%
vs SA median+4.7 pp
stablevs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Northern Areas LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Jamestown Hospital and Health Servicepublic
Laura and District Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Northern Areas LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places66
Belalie Lodge41 places
Jamestown Hospital and Health Service13 places
Laura Multi-Purpose Service12 places
Childcare · Northern Areas LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places181
Exceeding NQS4
Jamestown Community Children's Centre56 places
Jamestown Community Children's Centre (Child Care) Inc56 places
Laura Preschool Centre29 places
Gladstone Kindergarten25 places
Happy Haven OSHC Jamestown15 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Gulnare is a thin local read rather than 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 Gulnare 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.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

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

Belalie North better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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Belalie East 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.

Gulnare FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Gulnare in?

    Gulnare is in the Northern Areas Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5471. Council-level context for Northern Areas LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Gulnare a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Gulnare?

    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 Gulnare 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.