QP SUBURB BRIEF
SA overview · postcode 5373.
KEY FACTS FIRST, DETAILS BELOW

Kapunda at a glance, before the advanced view.

This page now starts with the practical questions ordinary users ask first: is the suburb expensive, what does rent look like, how big is it, what is nearby, and what should you do next.

Kapunda is in Light LGA, SA, postcode 5373, with population 2,947.

MEDIAN HOUSE
No local house series
MEDIAN RENT
$358/wk
Market rent signal
POPULATION
2,947
3K local footprint
SCHOOLS
2
Avg ICSEA 980
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QUICK READ
5373
SUBURB VERDICT

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.

JOBS SIGNAL

The local employment base leans toward manufacturing and healthcare. Local earnings momentum is not available from the linked ATO series. SA employment is up +2.1% year-on-year (+21K jobs) and +13.5% over five years in the official NERO dataset. Read this as a broader state jobs backdrop combined with local employment mix, not a suburb-only new-jobs count.

INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE

SA has 23 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 11 in planning as at 2024-10-02. There is no matched local transport-stop count here, so read the infrastructure backdrop as broader state delivery context only. Read this as a broader government-delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-only catalyst count.

LIVEABILITY READ

Kapunda is a smaller suburb in South Australia within the Light local government area (postcode 5373). With a population of 2,947, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $59K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. 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, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

DATA CONFIDENCE

This suburb mixes release datasets, Census data, and matched local services. Use the data status block before treating every metric as equally fresh.

SOURCE & FRESHNESS

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.

Release-based suburb price series, not a live market feed

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
ABS Data by Region and processed state datasets · Release-based series
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
Homes Victoria / state rent dataset · Q4 2025 · State market dataset
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Crime
State crime dataset · 2024-25 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 2 schools matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · 1 hospitals matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as Census rent fallback or low-confidence hospital matching.
EVIDENCE DEPTH
USABLE EVIDENCE

Kapunda is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.

Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Hospitals. Treat Property prices, Transport, and Population growth as the main gap before this becomes a stronger decision page.

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DIRECT
4

Market rent, Crime, Schools, Hospitals

VERIFY
0

No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.

MISSING
4

Property prices, Transport, Population growth, Building approvals

DECISION INTELLIGENCE
THIN-CONTEXT

Kapunda currently reads as a thin-context candidate.

The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.

RECOMMENDED NEXT STEP

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WHY IT FITS

No strong positive decision reason is visible yet.

WHAT TO CHECK

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

DECISIVE GAPS

Property prices, Transport

COMPARE STATUS

Use as context

SPARSE LOCALITY NOTE

This page stays indexable because Kapunda 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 transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals.

The main gaps on this page are transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals. 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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

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

Hewett MOST SIMILAR
SIMILAR RENT PROFILE SIMILAR SUBURB SCALE

pop same · rent -$18/wk

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

Freeling MOST SIMILAR
SIMILAR RENT PROFILE SIMILAR SUBURB SCALE

pop -300 · rent -$28/wk

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

Greenock MOST SIMILAR
SIMILAR RENT PROFILE

pop -1700 · rent -$38/wk

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

WHY PEOPLE LOOK HERE
  • Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
  • Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
  • Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
LOCAL SIGNALS
Schools: 2 matched, including Kapunda High School, Kapunda Primary School.
Crime: 4,072 per 100k at the Light LGA level.
Transport: No matched local transport stops.
FAQ
What is the typical weekly rent in Kapunda? +
The median weekly rent in Kapunda is $358/wk, based on the current market rent dataset.
Where does QuickProperty get its data for Kapunda? +
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.
How often is the Kapunda 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.
ADVANCED VIEW

Full data detail for Kapunda

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Kapunda SA

Postcode 5373 · Light LGA

Kapunda is a smaller suburb in South Australia within the Light local government area (postcode 5373). With a population of 2,947, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $59K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. 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, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The current median weekly rent is $358. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,127.

Kapunda is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 980, which is around the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Light LGA is moderate at 4,072 incidents per 100,000 population.

SEIFA INDEX (ABS)
Advantage2/10
Education2/10
Economic3/10
Disadvantage2/10
MEDIAN RENT /WK
$246
POPULATION
2,947
DEMOGRAPHICS
Median Age49
Household Size2.3
HH Income /wk$1,140
Personal Income /wk$625
Mortgage /mth$1,127
CRIME (Light LGA)
Crime Rate (per 100k)4,072
Total Incidents120
SCHOOLS (2)
Avg ICSEA980
Total Students868
Government2
Kapunda High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 972
Kapunda Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 987
HOSPITALS (1)
Kapunda Hospitalpublic
DATA STATUS
Property prices
Processed price datasets
Missing
Market rent
State rent dataset · Q4 2025 · Market dataset
Available
Crime
State crime dataset · 2024-25 · LGA-level dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 2 schools matched
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · 1 hospitals matched
Available
Transport
GTFS
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals
Missing
Available means a local dataset is present. Verify means coverage exists but location confidence is limited.
Data: 2024-25