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Suburb profile ·Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara LGA · SA ·0872

Mimili SA 0872

Mimili is in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara LGA, SA, postcode 0872, with population 277.

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.

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
$78/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
277
277 local footprint
D6 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
320
15 added 12mo · 5MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$78
Investor profile

Who invests in Mimili

Owner-occupied 0%Rented 100%
The read

Renter-heavy market

0% of homes here are owner-occupied and 84% rented.

What to check

84% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment. Social housing is 70% of dwellings — check tenant mix and resale demand.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

6%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$67K
Median rent · wk
$78

Household income

$67K household · yr-11.2% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$19K
Family
$40K
Household
$67K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
5
$650-999
16
$1,000-1,499
19
$1,500-1,999
3
$2,000-2,999
9
$3,000-3,999
4
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 0% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $260/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (64 households)70.3% social housing
Owned outright
0%
Owned with mortgage
0%
Rented
84%
Dwelling structure18.4% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
91%
Townhouse / semi
14%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 26% drive, 0% public transport, 58% walk or cycle, 4% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Students75
Government1
  • Mimili Anangu SchoolCombined · Government
Crime 2024-25
59
21,300 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k21,300
Total incidents59· 2024-25
  • Assault2771%
  • Break And Enter1026%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud13%

Population outlook

2,598 people · 20222,545 by 2032 (-2.0%)

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

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

Mimili (postcode 0872) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara local government area. The area has roughly 277 residents and a young professional demographic, with a median age of 27. Households earn a median income of $67K per year, with an average household size of 3.8 people. 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 professionals, community & personal service, managers. Employment in the area leans toward education and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, English, Australian.

The median weekly rent is $78 (Census 2021).

Mimili is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The crime rate in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara LGA is higher than average at 21,300 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$78
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population277
Median age27
Household size3.8
HH income · wk$1,286
Personal income · wk$356
Persons / bedroom1.5
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$979 → $1,286
Change+31.4%
vs SA median+12.6 pp
Median rent+20%
gentrifyingvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Aged care · Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places14
Tjilpiku Pampaku Ngura Aged Care Service14 places
Childcare · Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places82
Exceeding NQS3
Mimili Preschool29 places · in suburb
Pipalyatjara Anangu Preschool27 places
Amata Preschool26 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Mimili 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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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 · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
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 Mimili 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals.

Coverage is thinner on hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals; 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.

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

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Mimili FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mimili in?

    Mimili is in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara Local Government Area, SA, postcode 0872. Council-level context for Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Mimili?

    The median weekly rent in Mimili is $78/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Mimili?

    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 Mimili 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.