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Montacute SA 5134

Montacute is in Adelaide Hills LGA, SA, postcode 5134, with population 332.

The read

Livability-led

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.

$450/wk
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 3 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$460
$450
Mar 2025Mar 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
$920K
House median, latest period
11.4%YoY D6 vs AU
Median rent
$450/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
2.5%
Low yield band
D7 vs AU
Population
42,875
43K via Adelaide Hills LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
129
11 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

HousesUnits

Trend & investor depth

Indicative cashflow-$526/wk (-$27,346/yr) · interest-only @ 6.1%, 80% LVR

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

Affordability

Buying
9.6x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Moderate
Renting
24%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,221/mo, while renters pay about $1,950/mo — owning runs $271/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$920K
Household income · yr
$96K
Median rent · wk
$450
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,221
Gross yield
2.5%

Household income

$96K household · yr+27.8% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$42K
Family
$116K
Household
$96K
Crime 2024-25
6
1,807 per 100k
D3 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,807
Total incidents6· 2024-25
  • Assault480%
  • Break And Enter120%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Full data detail

Montacute SA — Property Data and Demographics

Montacute (postcode 5134) is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Adelaide Hills local government area. It is home to about 332 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $96K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

Montacute has a median house price of $920,000, which has declined steeply by 11.4% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $450. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,221.

The crime rate in the Adelaide Hills LGA is low at 1,807 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 2.5% (low yield). Property prices are near the state median ($920K/$950K). The price-to-income ratio of 9.6x is considered moderate. House prices have moved -11.4% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.0% 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 Yield2.5% Low Yield
Price vs State$920K/$950K· Near Median
Affordability9.6x· Moderate
Price Momentum-11.4% Falling
Pop. Growth+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$2,221
Rent · wk(Census)$370
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$450
Gross yield2.1%
Price / income9.6x
Population growth · Adelaide Hills LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)42,875
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Adelaide Hills LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)75
Houses75
YoY change+0%
Employment · Adelaide Hills LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.3%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5134ATO
Negatively geared15 (5.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$3,505/yr
Landlords (rental income)49
Reported capital gains37
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population332
Median age46
Household size2.8
HH income · wk$1,850
Personal income · wk$805
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)10/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Montacute has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass 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 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 · 2024-Q4 · 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 · 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.

Montacute FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Montacute in?

    Montacute is in the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5134. Council-level context for Adelaide Hills LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Montacute?

    The current median house price in Montacute, SA is $920K, 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 Montacute?

    The median weekly rent in Montacute is $450/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Montacute?

    Rent context available: Montacute 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.

  5. Is Montacute a good investment?

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

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Montacute?

    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 Montacute 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.