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Suburb profile ·Alexandrina LGA · SA ·5172

Kuitpo Colony SA 5172

Kuitpo Colony is in Alexandrina LGA, SA, postcode 5172, with population 47.

Limited data

Thin-context

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.

$320/wk
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$320
$275
Mar 2025Mar 2026
What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$320/wk
Rent context available
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
31,427
31K via Alexandrina LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,548
77 added 12mo · 10MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,489
Median rent · wk$275

Affordability

20%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,489/mo, while renters pay about $1,387/mo — owning runs $102/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$84K
Median rent · wk
$320
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,489

Household income

$84K household · yr+12.2% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$27K
Family
$85K
Household
$84K

Full data detail

Kuitpo Colony SA — Property Data and Demographics

Kuitpo Colony is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Alexandrina local government area (postcode 5172). With a population of 47, the suburb has a younger, working-age population with a median age of 30. Households earn a median income of $84K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% 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 labourers, technicians & trades. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The current median weekly rent is $320. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,489.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.6% 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+1.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,489
Rent · wk(Census)$275
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$320
Population growth · Alexandrina LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)31,427
5-year growth+2% CAGR
YoY change+1.6%
20012025
Development · Alexandrina LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)256
Houses249
Units7
YoY change+0%
Employment · Alexandrina LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3%
YoY change+0.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5172ATO
Negatively geared174 (6.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,061/yr
Landlords (rental income)474
Reported capital gains319
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population47
Median age30
Household size3.1
HH income · wk$1,624
Personal income · wk$524
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Top occupationsCensus
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Kuitpo Colony is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.

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 · No linked local crime series
Missing
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 Kuitpo Colony 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, transport stops, and crime coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Point Sturt most similar
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pop same · rent -$90/wk

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Mount Magnificent most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$80/wk

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Lake Plains most similar
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pop same · rent -$193/wk

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Kuitpo Colony FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Kuitpo Colony in?

    Kuitpo Colony is in the Alexandrina Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5172. Council-level context for Alexandrina LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Kuitpo Colony?

    The median weekly rent in Kuitpo Colony is $320/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Kuitpo Colony?

    Rent context available: Kuitpo Colony 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 Kuitpo Colony a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Kuitpo Colony 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 Kuitpo Colony?

    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 Kuitpo Colony 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.