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Suburb profile ·Karoonda East Murray LGA · SA ·5307

Marama SA 5307

Marama is in Karoonda East Murray LGA, SA, postcode 5307, with population 51.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,026
1K via Karoonda East Murray LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
193
7 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$4,000
Median rent · wk

Household income

$58K household · yr-22.4% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$23K
Family
$72K
Household
$58K

Population outlook

2,959 people · 20223,003 by 2032 (+1.5%)

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

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

Marama is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Karoonda East Murray local government area (postcode 5307). The area has roughly 51 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $58K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.4% 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. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $4,000.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.4% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.4% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$4,000
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Karoonda East Murray LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,026
5-year growth-0.6% CAGR
YoY change-0.4%
20012025
Development · Karoonda East Murray LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Karoonda East Murray LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.5%
YoY change+1.6pp
Jun-24Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5307ATO
Negatively geared4.1%
12 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,420/yr
Landlords (rental income)36
Reported capital gains25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population51
Median age52
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$1,124
Personal income · wk$450
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,125 → $1,124
Change-0.1%
vs SA median-18.9 pp
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Karoonda East Murray LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Karoonda and District Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Karoonda East Murray LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places26
Karoonda Multi-Purpose Service26 places
Childcare · Karoonda East Murray LGAACECQA
Services2
Approved places49
Exceeding NQS0
Karoonda Preschool27 places
Mallee Kids Child Care22 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Marama as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 Marama 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 main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Lean on nearby suburbs, rankings, and the state hub for stronger comparables before treating this as a shortlist call.

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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Perponda better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

Copeville better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

Sandalwood better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

Marama FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Marama in?

    Marama is in the Karoonda East Murray Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5307. Council-level context for Karoonda East Murray LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Marama a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Marama show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Marama?

    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.

  4. How often is the Marama 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.