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Horsnell Gully SA 5141

Horsnell Gully is in Adelaide Hills LGA, SA, postcode 5141, with population 17.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.

Median house
$1.3M
House median, latest period
0.0%YoY D8 vs AU
Median rent
$290/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
1.2%
Low yield band
D2 vs AU
Population
42,875
43K via Adelaide Hills LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
247
23 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

HousesUnits

Trend & investor depth

Indicative cashflow-$1,002/wk (-$52,130/yr) · interest-only @ 6.1%, 80% LVR

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.

Affordability

Buying
13.3x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Stretched
Renting
15%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Median price
$1.30M
Household income · yr
$97K
Median rent · wk
$290
Gross yield
1.2%

Household income

$97K household · yr+29.4% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$23K
Family
$91K
Household
$97K
Crime 2024-25
1
5,882 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,882
Total incidents1· 2024-25
  • Assault00%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud1100%

Full data detail

Horsnell Gully SA — Property Data and Demographics

Horsnell Gully is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Adelaide Hills local government area (postcode 5141). It is home to about 17 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $97K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 top ancestries reported are Australian, English.

The median house price in Horsnell Gully is $1.3 million, broadly unchanged over the past year. The median weekly rent is $290 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.2%.

The crime rate in the Adelaide Hills LGA is moderate at 5,882 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Horsnell Gully shows a gross rental yield of approximately 1.2%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($1.3M/$950K), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 13.3x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield1.2% Low Yield
Price vs State$1.3M/$950K Above Median
Affordability13.3x Stretched
Price Momentum+0.0%· Stable
Pop. Growth+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$290
Gross yield1.2%
Price / income13.3x
Population growth · Adelaide Hills LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)42,875
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Adelaide Hills LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)75
Houses75
YoY change+0%
Employment · Adelaide Hills LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.3%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5141ATO
Negatively geared37 (7.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$8,214/yr
Landlords (rental income)74
Reported capital gains54
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population17
Median age51
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,874
Personal income · wk$450
Persons / bedroom0.9
Top ancestryCensus
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Horsnell Gully rests on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

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 falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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 · 2023-Q2 · Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage
stable source · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
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 Horsnell Gully 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.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Upper Sturt most similar
similar price band similar rent profile

pop +1000 · house +$57K · rent +$55/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Crafers most similar
similar price band similar rent profile

pop +2000 · house +$68.79999999999995K · rent +$90/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Longwood most similar
similar price band similar rent profile

pop +300 · house -$62.5K · rent +$10/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Horsnell Gully FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Horsnell Gully in?

    Horsnell Gully is in the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5141. Council-level context for Adelaide Hills LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Horsnell Gully?

    The current median house price in Horsnell Gully, SA is $1.3M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in Horsnell Gully?

    The median weekly rent in Horsnell Gully is $290/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  4. Is Horsnell Gully a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Horsnell Gully show: Low Yield, Above Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Horsnell Gully?

    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 Horsnell Gully 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.