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Suburb profile ·Barunga West LGA · SA ·5555

Mundoora SA 5555

Mundoora is in Barunga West LGA, SA, postcode 5555, with population 134.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. 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
$240/wk
Market rent signal
D4 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
2,688
3K via Barunga West LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
214
17 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$912
Median rent · wk$240
Investor profile

Who invests in Mundoora

Owner-occupied 81%Rented 19%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared1%
3 of 42 landlords
Avg rental loss$8,546/yr
Landlords (rental income)42
Reported capital gains31
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

73% of homes here are owner-occupied and 17% rented, with 1% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

73% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

22%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $912/mo, while renters pay about $1,040/mo — renting runs $128/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$56K
Median rent · wk
$240
Owner mortgage · mo
$912

Household income

$56K household · yr-25.8% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$31K
Family
$66K
Household
$56K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
3
$650-999
18
$1,000-1,499
16
$1,500-1,999
0
$2,000-2,999
8
$3,000-3,999
0
$4,000+
3

At the median asking rent, about 27% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $800/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (48 households)
Owned outright
52%
Owned with mortgage
21%
Rented
17%
Dwelling structure22.9% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 63% drive, 0% public transport, 7% walk or cycle, 23% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
1
746 per 100k
D1 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k746
Total incidents1· 2024-25
  • Assault1100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

9,738 people · 202210,009 by 2032 (+2.8%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Wakefield - Barunga West SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Mundoora SA — Property Data and Demographics

Mundoora is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Barunga West local government area (postcode 5555). It is home to about 134 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $56K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% 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, community & personal service, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The median weekly rent is $240 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $912.

The crime rate in the Barunga West LGA is low at 746 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.2% 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+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$912
Rent · wk(Census)$240
Population growth · Barunga West LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)2,688
5-year growth+0.4% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Barunga West LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)16
Houses16
YoY change+0%
Employment · Barunga West LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7%
YoY change+1.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5555ATO
Negatively geared1%
3 of filers
Avg rental loss$8,546/yr
Landlords (rental income)42
Reported capital gains31
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population134
Median age49
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,075
Personal income · wk$593
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$900 → $1,075
Change+19.4%
vs SA median+0.6 pp
Median rent+421.7%
stablevs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Barunga West LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Port Broughton and District Hospital and Health Servicepublic
Aged care · Barunga West LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places87
Barunga Village Incorporated87 places
Childcare · Barunga West LGAACECQA
Services2
Approved places53
Exceeding NQS2
Bute Early Learning and Primary School27 places
Port Broughton Kindergarten26 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Mundoora depends on evidence that should be verified before a 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 falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
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 Mundoora 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

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

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Mundoora FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mundoora in?

    Mundoora is in the Barunga West Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5555. Council-level context for Barunga West LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Mundoora?

    The median weekly rent in Mundoora is $240/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Mundoora a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Mundoora?

    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.

  5. How often is the Mundoora 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.