Halbury is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Wakefield local government area (postcode 5461). It is home to about 211 residents, with an established demographic and a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $60K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.0% 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, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The current median weekly rent is $460. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $954.
The crime rate in the Wakefield LGA is low at 474 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.