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Suburb profile ·Wakefield LGA · SA ·5453

Kybunga SA 5453

Kybunga is in Wakefield LGA, SA, postcode 5453, with population 69.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. 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
$250/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
6,993
7K via Wakefield LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,561
70 added 12mo · 12MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$575
Median rent · wk$250

Affordability

13%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $575/mo, while renters pay about $1,083/mo — renting runs $508/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$97K
Median rent · wk
$250
Owner mortgage · mo
$575

Household income

$97K household · yr+29.4% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$38K
Family
$108K
Household
$97K

Population outlook

9,738 people · 202210,009 by 2032 (+2.8%)

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

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

Kybunga is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Wakefield local government area (postcode 5453). With a population of 69, the suburb has a settled mid-life population with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $97K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.0% 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 managers, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median weekly rent is $250 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $575.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.0% 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+0.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$575
Rent · wk(Census)$250
Population growth · Wakefield LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)6,993
5-year growth+0.4% CAGR
YoY change+0%
20012025
Development · Wakefield LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)10
Houses10
YoY change+0%
Employment · Wakefield LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)6.9%
YoY change+1.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5453ATO
Negatively geared5.2%
166 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,849/yr
Landlords (rental income)425
Reported capital gains329
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population69
Median age42
Household size2.8
HH income · wk$1,874
Personal income · wk$725
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,625 → $1,874
Change+15.3%
vs SA median-3.5 pp
Median rent+140.4%
stablevs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Wakefield LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Balaklava Soldiers' Memorial District Hospitalpublic
Snowtown Hospital and Health Servicepublic
Aged care · Wakefield LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places145
Walara Hamley Bridge52 places
Walara Balaklava Millcourt40 places
Snowtown Multi-Purpose Service31 places
Ira Parker Nursing Home22 places
Childcare · Wakefield LGAACECQA
Services7
Approved places205
Exceeding NQS1
Balaklava Community Children's Centre50 places
Hamley Bridge Kindergarten30 places
Snowtown Children's Centre30 places
Snowtown Kindergarten30 places
Brinkworth Primary and Early Childhood Centre25 places
Port Wakefield Kindergarten25 places
+1 more in Wakefield LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Kybunga 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 · 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 Kybunga 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Kybunga FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Kybunga in?

    Kybunga is in the Wakefield Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5453. Council-level context for Wakefield LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Kybunga?

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

  3. Is Kybunga a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Kybunga 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 Kybunga?

    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 Kybunga 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.