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Suburb profile ·Prospect LGA · SA ·5081

Medindie Gardens SA 5081

Medindie Gardens is in Prospect LGA, SA, postcode 5081, with population 352.

The read

Premium-market

There are enough stretched or weaker signals here that you should assume trade-offs rather than a clean story. Use compare mode to see whether the downside is price, local quality, or weaker momentum before treating it as a target suburb.

$650/wk
Dec 2025 → Mar 2026 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$650
$630
Dec 2025Mar 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Premium pricing raises the bar for yield, affordability, and downside checks. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
$2.0M
House median, latest period
7.3%YoY D10 vs AU
Median rent
$650/wk
Rent-pressure candidate
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
1.7%
Low yield band
D4 vs AU
Population
23,459
23K via Prospect LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,215
120 added 12mo · 17MW

Price history

HousesUnits

Trend & investor depth

Indicative cashflow-$1,389/wk (-$72,250/yr) · interest-only @ 6.1%, 80% LVR

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.

Affordability

Buying
12.9x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Stretched
Renting
22%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,167/mo, while renters pay about $2,817/mo — renting runs $650/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$2.00M
Household income · yr
$155K
Median rent · wk
$650
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,167
Gross yield
1.7%

Household income

$155K household · yr+105.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$62K
Family
$164K
Household
$155K
Crime 2024-25
6
1,705 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,705
Total incidents6· 2024-25
  • Assault150%
  • Break And Enter150%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Full data detail

Medindie Gardens SA — Property Data and Demographics

Medindie Gardens is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Prospect local government area (postcode 5081). The area has roughly 352 residents and an established family demographic, with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $155K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% 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 professionals, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and professional services. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Greek.

The median house price in Medindie Gardens is $2.0 million, having moved lower by 7.3% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $650. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.7%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.

Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Prospect LGA is low at 1,705 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Medindie Gardens shows a gross rental yield of approximately 1.7%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($2.0M/$950K), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 12.9x is considered stretched. House prices have moved -7.3% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.5% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield1.7% Low Yield
Price vs State$2.0M/$950K Above Median
Affordability12.9x Stretched
Price Momentum-7.3% Falling
Pop. Growth+0.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$2,167
Rent · wk(Census)$440
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$650
Gross yield1.1%
Price / income12.9x
Population growth · Prospect LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)23,459
5-year growth+1.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.5%
20012025
Development · Prospect LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)124
Houses19
Units105
YoY change+0%
Employment · Prospect LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5081ATO
Negatively geared498 (7.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$11,074/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,217
Reported capital gains1,209
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population352
Median age43
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$2,976
Personal income · wk$1,190
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)10/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops1
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Medindie Gardens for a first-pass decision.

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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 · 2025-Q3 · Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage
stable source · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Market rent
SA Housing Authority / CBS · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
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 · 1 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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.

Medindie Gardens FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Medindie Gardens in?

    Medindie Gardens is in the Prospect Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5081. Council-level context for Prospect LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Medindie Gardens?

    The current median house price in Medindie Gardens, SA is $2.0M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in Medindie Gardens?

    The median weekly rent in Medindie Gardens is $650/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Medindie Gardens?

    Rent-pressure candidate: Medindie Gardens rents screen above the local benchmark. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  5. Is Medindie Gardens a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Medindie Gardens show: Low Yield, Above Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Medindie Gardens?

    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.

  7. How often is the Medindie Gardens 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.