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Suburb profile ·Mid Murray LGA · SA ·5353

Keyneton SA 5353

Keyneton is in Mid Murray LGA, SA, postcode 5353, with population 321.

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$250/wk
Sep 2025 → Dec 2025 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Dec 2025
$645
$380
Sep 2025Dec 2025
What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$250/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
9,674
10K via Mid Murray LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
1,309
69 added 12mo · 9MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,291
Median rent · wk$250

Affordability

18%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,291/mo, while renters pay about $1,083/mo — owning runs $208/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$73K
Median rent · wk
$250
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,291

Household income

$73K household · yr-3.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$33K
Family
$79K
Household
$73K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA957
Students14
Government1
  • Keyneton Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 957
Crime 2024-25
8
2,492 per 100k
D4 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,492
Total incidents8· 2024-25
  • Assault250%
  • Break And Enter125%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud125%

Full data detail

Keyneton SA — Property Data and Demographics

Keyneton is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Mid Murray local government area (postcode 5353). It is home to about 321 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $73K 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 +0.8% 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 managers, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median weekly rent is $250 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,291.

Keyneton is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 957, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Mid Murray LGA is below average at 2,492 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.8% 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+0.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,291
Rent · wk(Census)$250
Population growth · Mid Murray LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)9,674
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.8%
20012025
Development · Mid Murray LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)103
Houses103
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mid Murray LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.2%
YoY change+1.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5353ATO
Negatively geared113 (4.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,413/yr
Landlords (rental income)312
Reported capital gains223
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population321
Median age48
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,398
Personal income · wk$635
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Keyneton depends 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 · Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage
stable source · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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.

Keyneton FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Keyneton in?

    Keyneton is in the Mid Murray Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5353. Council-level context for Mid Murray LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Keyneton?

    The median weekly rent in Keyneton is $250/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Keyneton a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Keyneton?

    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.

  5. How often is the Keyneton 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.