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Suburb profile ·Clare and Gilbert Valleys LGA · SA ·5413

Marrabel SA 5413

Marrabel is in Clare and Gilbert Valleys LGA, SA, postcode 5413, with population 101.

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.

$475/wk
Jun 2025 → Mar 2026 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$475
$475
Jun 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
$475/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
9,467
9K via Clare and Gilbert Valleys LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
256
10 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$813
Median rent · wk$205

Affordability

42%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $813/mo, while renters pay about $2,058/mo — renting runs $1,245/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$59K
Median rent · wk
$475
Owner mortgage · mo
$813

Household income

$59K household · yr-22.3% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$28K
Family
$67K
Household
$59K

Full data detail

Marrabel SA — Property Data and Demographics

Marrabel (postcode 5413) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Clare and Gilbert Valleys local government area. It is home to about 101 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $59K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% 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 managers, clerical & administrative, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The current median weekly rent is $475. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $813.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.2% 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+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$813
Rent · wk(Census)$205
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$475
Population growth · Clare and Gilbert Valleys LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)9,467
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Clare and Gilbert Valleys LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)23
Houses23
Units1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Clare and Gilbert Valleys LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.3%
YoY change+0.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5413ATO
Negatively geared15 (3% of filers)
Avg rental loss$3,006/yr
Landlords (rental income)58
Reported capital gains30
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population101
Median age44
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,125
Personal income · wk$547
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Marrabel 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 Marrabel 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

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

Hill River most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$255/wk

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Gillentown most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$274/wk

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Spring Farm most similar
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pop same · rent -$225/wk

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Marrabel FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Marrabel in?

    Marrabel is in the Clare and Gilbert Valleys Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5413. Council-level context for Clare and Gilbert Valleys LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Marrabel?

    The median weekly rent in Marrabel is $475/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Marrabel?

    Rent context available: Marrabel 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 Marrabel a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Marrabel 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 Marrabel?

    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 Marrabel 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.