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Suburb profile ·Gawler LGA · SA ·5115

Kudla SA 5115

Kudla is in Gawler LGA, SA, postcode 5115, with population 551.

The read

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$800/wk
Rising
+11.1% YoY
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 5 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$900
$540
Mar 2025Mar 2026
What to check

Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$800/wk
Rent-pressure candidate
11.1%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
551
551 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
3,276
281 added 12mo · 23MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,733
Median rent · wk$357
Investor profile

Who invests in Kudla

Owner-occupied 85%Rented 15%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared2.6%
212 of 424 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,850/yr
Landlords (rental income)424
Reported capital gains222
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

83% of homes here are owner-occupied and 15% rented, with 3% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

83% 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

45%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,733/mo, while renters pay about $3,467/mo — renting runs $1,734/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$92K
Median rent · wk
$800
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,733

Household income

$92K household · yr+21.7% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$36K
Family
$89K
Household
$92K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
4
$300-649
10
$650-999
29
$1,000-1,499
24
$1,500-1,999
16
$2,000-2,999
40
$3,000-3,999
16
$4,000+
16

At the median asking rent, about 72% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $2,667/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (179 households)
Owned outright
36%
Owned with mortgage
47%
Rented
15%
Dwelling structure10.8% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
99%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 81% drive, 1% public transport, 1% walk or cycle, 13% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Livability

1/ 100 livability index

Top 99% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 1% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access0
Public transport (1 stops)12
Schools & hospitals0

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
36
6,534 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,534
Total incidents36· 2024-25
  • Assault764%
  • Break And Enter327%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud19%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

22,720 people · 202226,991 by 2032 (+18.8%)

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

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

Kudla is a small community in South Australia within the Gawler local government area (postcode 5115). The area has roughly 551 residents and a settled mid-life population, with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $92K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.3% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +1.6% 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 technicians & trades, professionals, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Italian.

The current median weekly rent is $800. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,733.

Public transport access includes 1 rail station. The crime rate in the Gawler LGA is moderate at 6,534 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.3% 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+1.3%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,733
Rent · wk(Census)$357
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$800
Population growth · Gawler LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)27,564
5-year growth+2.2% CAGR
YoY change+1.3%
20012025
Development · Gawler LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)308
Houses 89%Units 11%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Gawler LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.9%
YoY change-0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5115ATO
Negatively geared2.6%
212 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,850/yr
Landlords (rental income)424
Reported capital gains222
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population551
Median age42
Household size3
HH income · wk$1,762
Personal income · wk$699
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,430 → $1,762
Change+23.2%
vs SA median+4.4 pp
Median rent+17%
stablevs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Rail stations1
Kudla Railway Station
Hospitals · Gawler LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Gawler Health Servicepublic
Aged care · Gawler LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places375
Gawler Hillside Care Community126 places
Eldercare Evanston Park100 places
Bellevue Court Residential Care80 places
Calvary Trevu House69 places
Childcare · Gawler LGAACECQA
Services22
Approved places1,918
Exceeding NQS5
Trinity College OSHC Gawler180 places
Confident Kids Child Care & Early Learning Gawler135 places
Xavier College OSHC Evanston120 places
Guardian Childcare & Education Gawler118 places
Edge Early Learning Gawler East110 places
YMCA Gawler East OSHC105 places
+16 more in Gawler LGA
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Kudla 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 · 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 · 1 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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.

Kudla FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Kudla in?

    Kudla is in the Gawler Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5115. Council-level context for Gawler LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Kudla?

    The median weekly rent in Kudla is $800/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Kudla?

    Rent-pressure candidate: Kudla rents screen above the local benchmark. 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 Kudla a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Kudla 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 Kudla?

    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 Kudla 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.