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Suburb profile ·Karoonda East Murray LGA · SA ·5309

Mindarie SA 5309

Mindarie is in Karoonda East Murray LGA, SA, postcode 5309, with population 32.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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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
25
0 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$433
Median rent · wk

Household income

$38K household · yr-49.9% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$25K
Family
$53K
Household
$38K

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
Mindarie SA — Property Data and Demographics

Mindarie (postcode 5309) is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Karoonda East Murray local government area. It is home to about 32 residents, with a predominantly older resident base and a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $38K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 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. The most common occupations are managers, labourers. The top ancestries reported are German, Australian, English.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $433.

On the investment side, 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$433
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 5309ATO
Negatively geared2%
1 of filers
Avg rental loss$13,257/yr
Landlords (rental income)1
Reported capital gains3
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population32
Median age57
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$725
Personal income · wk$483
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$675 → $725
Change+7.4%
vs SA median-11.4 pp
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
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 Mindarie 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 Mindarie 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 as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Check nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings for firmer comparables before making this a shortlist 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

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

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

Mindarie FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mindarie in?

    Mindarie is in the Karoonda East Murray Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5309. Council-level context for Karoonda East Murray LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Mindarie a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Mindarie 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 Mindarie?

    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 Mindarie 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.