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Suburb profile ·Port Augusta LGA · SA ·5700

Miranda SA 5700

Miranda is in Port Augusta LGA, SA, postcode 5700, with population 41.

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.

$400/wk
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$400
$400
Mar 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
$400/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
14,469
14K via Port Augusta LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,732
58 added 12mo · 17MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,083
Median rent · wk$245

Affordability

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,083/mo, while renters pay about $1,733/mo — renting runs $650/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$68K
Median rent · wk
$400
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,083

Household income

$68K household · yr-9.4% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$43K
Family
$135K
Household
$68K
Crime 2024-25
1
2,439 per 100k
D4 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,439
Total incidents1· 2024-25
  • Assault0
  • Break And Enter0
  • Drug Offences0
  • Fraud0

Full data detail

Miranda SA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in South Australia within the Port Augusta local government area, Miranda is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 5700). With a population of 41, the suburb has a predominantly older resident base with a median age of 58. Households earn a median income of $68K per year, with an average household size of 1.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.1% 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, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward construction and admin services. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The current median weekly rent is $400. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.

The crime rate in the Port Augusta LGA is below average at 2,439 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.1% 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+0.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,083
Rent · wk(Census)$245
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$400
Population growth · Port Augusta LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)14,469
5-year growth+0.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Port Augusta LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)6
Houses6
Units1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Port Augusta LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)13.4%
YoY change+7.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5700ATO
Negatively geared284 (4.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,934/yr
Landlords (rental income)581
Reported capital gains330
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population41
Median age58
Household size1.6
HH income · wk$1,312
Personal income · wk$825
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Miranda is usable, but 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 · 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 · 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 Miranda 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, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, 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 Miranda feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Blanche Harbor most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$175/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Port Paterson most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$112/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Stirling North most similar
similar rent profile

pop +2800 · rent -$150/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Miranda FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Miranda in?

    Miranda is in the Port Augusta Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5700. Council-level context for Port Augusta LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Miranda?

    The median weekly rent in Miranda is $400/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Miranda?

    Rent context available: Miranda 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 Miranda a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Miranda 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 Miranda?

    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 Miranda 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.