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Suburb profile ·Wattle Range LGA · SA ·5279

Mount Burr SA 5279

Mount Burr is in Wattle Range LGA, SA, postcode 5279, with population 367.

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$350/wk
Dec 2025 → Mar 2026 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$350
$270
Dec 2025Mar 2026
What to check

Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$350/wk
Rent context available
D8 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
12,378
12K via Wattle Range LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
106
2 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$542
Median rent · wk$145

Affordability

35%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $542/mo, while renters pay about $1,517/mo — renting runs $975/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$52K
Median rent · wk
$350
Owner mortgage · mo
$542

Household income

$52K household · yr-30.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$25K
Family
$60K
Household
$52K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA959
Students37
Government1
  • Mount Burr Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 959
Crime 2024-25
6
1,635 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,635
Total incidents6· 2024-25
  • Assault480%
  • Break And Enter120%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Full data detail

Mount Burr SA — Property Data and Demographics

Mount Burr (postcode 5279) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Wattle Range local government area. With a population of 367, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $52K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 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 labourers, community & personal service, managers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $350. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $542.

Mount Burr is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 959, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Wattle Range LGA is low at 1,635 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, 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$542
Rent · wk(Census)$145
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$350
Population growth · Wattle Range LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)12,378
5-year growth+0.5% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Wattle Range LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)28
Houses24
Units4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Wattle Range LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change+1.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5279ATO
Negatively geared7 (2.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,601/yr
Landlords (rental income)20
Reported capital gains22
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population367
Median age52
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$1,006
Personal income · wk$478
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining1
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Mount Burr has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.

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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 · 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 · 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.

Mount Burr FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mount Burr in?

    Mount Burr is in the Wattle Range Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5279. Council-level context for Wattle Range LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Mount Burr?

    The median weekly rent in Mount Burr is $350/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Mount Burr?

    Rent context available: Mount Burr 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 Mount Burr a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Mount Burr 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 Mount Burr?

    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 Mount Burr 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.