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Suburb profile ·Yorke Peninsula LGA · SA ·5575

Hardwicke Bay SA 5575

Hardwicke Bay is in Yorke Peninsula LGA, SA, postcode 5575, with population 149.

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.

$380/wk
Jun 2025 → Mar 2026 · 3 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$440
$380
Jun 2025Mar 2026
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
$380/wk
Rent context available
D8 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
12,242
12K via Yorke Peninsula LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,385
72 added 12mo · 8MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,038
Median rent · wk$245
Investor profile

Who invests in Hardwicke Bay

Owner-occupied 81%Rented 19%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.9%
52 of 165 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,907/yr
Landlords (rental income)165
Reported capital gains160
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

81% of homes here are owner-occupied and 19% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

81% 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

52%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,038/mo, while renters pay about $1,647/mo — renting runs $609/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$38K
Median rent · wk
$380
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,038

Household income

$38K household · yr-49.2% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$26K
Family
$67K
Household
$38K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
3
$300-649
20
$650-999
7
$1,000-1,499
12
$1,500-1,999
12
$2,000-2,999
10
$3,000-3,999
3
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 52% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,267/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (72 households)
Owned outright
60%
Owned with mortgage
21%
Rented
19%
Dwelling structure74.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 82% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 0% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
1
671 per 100k
D1 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k671
Total incidents1· 2024-25
  • Assault1100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

4,267 people · 20224,303 by 2032 (+0.8%)

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

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

Hardwicke Bay (postcode 5575) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Yorke Peninsula local government area. The area has roughly 149 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 61. Households earn a median income of $38K per year, with an average household size of 1.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% 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 professionals, labourers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The current median weekly rent is $380. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,038.

The crime rate in the Yorke Peninsula LGA is low at 671 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.7% 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+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,038
Rent · wk(Census)$245
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$380
Population growth · Yorke Peninsula LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)12,242
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Yorke Peninsula LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)78
Houses78
YoY change+0%
Employment · Yorke Peninsula LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)6.8%
YoY change+1.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5575ATO
Negatively geared3.9%
52 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,907/yr
Landlords (rental income)165
Reported capital gains160
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population149
Median age61
Household size1.9
HH income · wk$735
Personal income · wk$494
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$780 → $735
Change-5.8%
vs SA median-24.6 pp
Median rent+69%
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Yorke Peninsula LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Central Yorke Peninsula Hospital (Maitland)public
Southern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Yorketown)public
Aged care · Yorke Peninsula LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places146
Eldercare The Village60 places
Melaleuca Court Nursing Home35 places
Ardrossan Community Hostel33 places
Eldercare - South Park Minlaton18 places
Childcare · Yorke Peninsula LGAACECQA
Services8
Approved places311
Exceeding NQS3
Minlaton Family Centre82 places
Central Yorke Early Learning Centre41 places
Minlaton District Early Learning Centre40 places
Maitland Family Centre39 places
Yorketown Community Children's Centre34 places
Yorketown Area School OSHC30 places
+2 more in Yorke Peninsula LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Hardwicke Bay is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.

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 using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

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
SA Housing Authority / CBS · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
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 Hardwicke Bay 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 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market 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 Hardwicke Bay feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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Hardwicke Bay FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Hardwicke Bay in?

    Hardwicke Bay is in the Yorke Peninsula Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5575. Council-level context for Yorke Peninsula LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Hardwicke Bay?

    The median weekly rent in Hardwicke Bay is $380/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Hardwicke Bay?

    Rent context available: Hardwicke Bay 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.

  4. Is Hardwicke Bay a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Hardwicke Bay?

    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.

  6. How often is the Hardwicke Bay 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.