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Suburb profile ·Loxton Waikerie LGA · SA ·5332

Moorook SA 5332

Moorook is in Loxton Waikerie LGA, SA, postcode 5332, with population 171.

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.

$380/wk
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$380
$380
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
$380/wk
Rent context available
D8 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
11,971
12K via Loxton Waikerie LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
156
8 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$921
Median rent · wk$143

Affordability

33%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $921/mo, while renters pay about $1,647/mo — renting runs $726/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$61K
Median rent · wk
$380
Owner mortgage · mo
$921

Household income

$61K household · yr-19.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$29K
Family
$82K
Household
$61K
Crime 2024-25
5
2,924 per 100k
D4 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,924
Total incidents5· 2024-25
  • Assault133%
  • Break And Enter267%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Full data detail

Moorook SA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in South Australia within the Loxton Waikerie local government area, Moorook is a quiet locality (postcode 5332). The area has roughly 171 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $61K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 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, technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The current median weekly rent is $380. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $921.

The crime rate in the Loxton Waikerie LGA is below average at 2,924 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.1% 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-0.1% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$921
Rent · wk(Census)$143
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$380
Population growth · Loxton Waikerie LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)11,971
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change-0.1%
20012025
Development · Loxton Waikerie LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)43
Houses28
Units15
YoY change+0%
Employment · Loxton Waikerie LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4%
YoY change+1.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5332ATO
Negatively geared5 (2.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$2,825/yr
Landlords (rental income)22
Reported capital gains9
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population171
Median age50
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,166
Personal income · wk$550
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Moorook works as a starting read but 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 Moorook 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Moorook South most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$180/wk

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

Ramco most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$185/wk

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

Bookpurnong most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$137/wk

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

Moorook FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Moorook in?

    Moorook is in the Loxton Waikerie Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5332. Council-level context for Loxton Waikerie LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Moorook?

    The median weekly rent in Moorook is $380/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Moorook?

    Rent context available: Moorook 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 Moorook a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Moorook show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Moorook?

    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 Moorook 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.