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Suburb profile ·Alexandrina LGA · SA ·5214

Hindmarsh Island SA 5214

Hindmarsh Island is in Alexandrina LGA, SA, postcode 5214, with population 1,846.

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.

$570/wk
+9.1% YoY
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 5 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$600
$475
Mar 2025Mar 2026
What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$570/wk
Rent context available
9.1%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,846
2K local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
4,644
257 added 12mo · 25MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,365
Median rent · wk$330

Affordability

51%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,365/mo, while renters pay about $2,470/mo — renting runs $1,105/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$58K
Median rent · wk
$570
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,365

Household income

$58K household · yr-22.4% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$30K
Family
$66K
Household
$58K
Crime 2024-25
42
2,275 per 100k
D3 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,275
Total incidents42· 2024-25
  • Assault1763%
  • Break And Enter622%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud415%

Full data detail

Hindmarsh Island SA — Property Data and Demographics

Hindmarsh Island (postcode 5214) is a small locality in South Australia within the Alexandrina local government area. With a population of 1,846, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 60. Households earn a median income of $58K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 23 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 11 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, professionals, managers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $570. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,365.

The crime rate in the Alexandrina LGA is below average at 2,275 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.6% 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+1.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,365
Rent · wk(Census)$330
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$570
Population growth · Alexandrina LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)31,427
5-year growth+2% CAGR
YoY change+1.6%
20012025
Development · Alexandrina LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)256
Houses249
Units7
YoY change+0%
Employment · Alexandrina LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3%
YoY change+0.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5214ATO
Negatively geared201 (4.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,253/yr
Landlords (rental income)621
Reported capital gains584
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population1,846
Median age60
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$1,123
Personal income · wk$581
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Hindmarsh Island works as a starting read but 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 Hindmarsh Island 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

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pop +400 · rent -$295/wk

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Port Elliot most similar
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pop +400 · rent -$290/wk

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Hindmarsh Island FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Hindmarsh Island in?

    Hindmarsh Island is in the Alexandrina Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5214. Council-level context for Alexandrina LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Hindmarsh Island?

    The median weekly rent in Hindmarsh Island is $570/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Hindmarsh Island?

    Rent context available: Hindmarsh Island 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 Hindmarsh Island a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Hindmarsh Island 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 Hindmarsh Island?

    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 Hindmarsh Island 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.