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Suburb profile ·Kingston (SA) LGA · SA ·5275

Kingston Se SA 5275

Kingston Se is in Kingston (SA) LGA, SA, postcode 5275, with population 1,342.

The read

Affordability-first

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$370/wk
Rising
+29.8% YoY
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 5 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$370
$260
Mar 2025Mar 2026
Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$370/wk
Rent context available
29.8%YoY D8 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,342
1K local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
3h 31m
279.9 km to Adelaide CBD · free-flow
Solar
737
26 added 12mo · 5MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,083
Median rent · wk$200
Investor profile

Who invests in Kingston Se

Owner-occupied 74%Rented 26%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4%
60 of 186 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,820/yr
Landlords (rental income)186
Reported capital gains153
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

71% of homes here are owner-occupied and 25% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

71% 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

32%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,083/mo, while renters pay about $1,603/mo — renting runs $520/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$59K
Median rent · wk
$370
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,083

Household income

$59K household · yr-21.1% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$33K
Family
$75K
Household
$59K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
25
$300-649
113
$650-999
98
$1,000-1,499
101
$1,500-1,999
63
$2,000-2,999
64
$3,000-3,999
36
$4,000+
28

At the median asking rent, about 53% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,233/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (584 households)3.9% social housing
Owned outright
45%
Owned with mortgage
27%
Rented
25%
Dwelling structure31.6% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
91%
Townhouse / semi
6%
Flat / apartment
1%

Getting to work: 78% drive, 0% public transport, 8% walk or cycle, 7% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA961
Students330
Government1
  • Kingston Community SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 961

Livability

41/ 100 livability index

Top 59% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 41% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access46
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals56

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Crime 2024-25
25
1,863 per 100k
D3 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,863
Total incidents25· 2024-25
  • Assault969%
  • Break And Enter431%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

3,965 people · 20223,836 by 2032 (-3.3%)

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

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Kingston Se SA — Property Data and Demographics

Kingston Se is a small community in South Australia within the Kingston (SA) local government area (postcode 5275). The area has roughly 1,342 residents and a more retirement-aged population, with a median age of 56. Households earn a median income of $59K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.1% 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 labourers, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $370. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.

Kingston Se is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 961, which is around the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Kingston (SA) LGA is low at 1,863 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.1% 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+0.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,083
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$370
Population growth · Kingston (SA) LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)2,420
5-year growth+0.5% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Kingston (SA) LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)14
Houses14
YoY change+0%
Employment · Kingston (SA) LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2%
YoY change+0.7pp
Jun-24Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5275ATO
Negatively geared4%
60 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,820/yr
Landlords (rental income)186
Reported capital gains153
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population1,342
Median age56
Household size2
HH income · wk$1,143
Personal income · wk$634
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$933 → $1,143
Change+22.5%
vs SA median+3.7 pp
Median rent+14.3%
stablevs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining2
iga1
Hospitals · Kingston (SA) LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Kingston Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalpublic · in suburb
Aged care · Kingston (SA) LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places32
Kingston SE/Robe Multi-Purpose Service32 places · in suburb
Childcare · Kingston (SA) LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places45
Exceeding NQS1
Kingston Early Learning Centre45 places · in suburb
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Kingston Se carries enough direct local evidence for a first-pass 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 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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · 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 · 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.

Kingston Se FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Kingston Se in?

    Kingston Se is in the Kingston (SA) Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5275. Council-level context for Kingston (SA) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Kingston Se?

    The median weekly rent in Kingston Se is $370/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Kingston Se?

    Rent context available: Kingston Se 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 Kingston Se a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Kingston Se 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 Kingston Se?

    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 Kingston Se 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.