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Suburb profile ·Adelaide Hills LGA · SA ·5131

Lower Hermitage SA 5131

Lower Hermitage is in Adelaide Hills LGA, SA, postcode 5131, with population 195.

Limited data

Thin-context

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Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$450/wk
Market rent signal
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
42,875
43K via Adelaide Hills LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
325
29 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,400
Median rent · wk$450

Affordability

19%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,400/mo, while renters pay about $1,950/mo — owning runs $450/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$122K
Median rent · wk
$450
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,400

Household income

$122K household · yr+62.2% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$40K
Family
$117K
Household
$122K
Crime 2024-25
1
513 per 100k
D1 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k513
Total incidents1· 2024-25
  • Assault0
  • Break And Enter0
  • Drug Offences0
  • Fraud0

Full data detail

Lower Hermitage SA — Property Data and Demographics

Lower Hermitage is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Adelaide Hills local government area (postcode 5131). With a population of 195, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $122K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 technicians & trades, clerical & administrative, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median weekly rent is $450 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,400.

The crime rate in the Adelaide Hills LGA is low at 513 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.0% 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+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$2,400
Rent · wk(Census)$450
Population growth · Adelaide Hills LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)42,875
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Adelaide Hills LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)75
Houses75
YoY change+0%
Employment · Adelaide Hills LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.3%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5131ATO
Negatively geared62 (9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,790/yr
Landlords (rental income)129
Reported capital gains70
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population195
Median age46
Household size3.1
HH income · wk$2,349
Personal income · wk$767
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining1
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Lower Hermitage 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 · 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 Lower Hermitage 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, and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; 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 Lower Hermitage feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Bradbury better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$100/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Verdun better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$157/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Scott Creek better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$187/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Lower Hermitage FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Lower Hermitage in?

    Lower Hermitage is in the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5131. Council-level context for Adelaide Hills LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Lower Hermitage?

    The median weekly rent in Lower Hermitage is $450/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Lower Hermitage a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Lower Hermitage 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 Lower Hermitage?

    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 Lower Hermitage 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.