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Suburb profile ·Tatiara LGA · SA ·5270

Mundulla SA 5270

Mundulla is in Tatiara LGA, SA, postcode 5270, with population 432.

The read

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$205/wk
Mar 2025 → Sep 2025 · 3 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Sep 2025
$400
$275
Mar 2025Sep 2025
What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$205/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
7,088
7K via Tatiara LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
167
6 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$1,083
Median rent · wk$205
Investor profile

Who invests in Mundulla

Owner-occupied 91%Rented 9%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.1%
21 of 48 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,995/yr
Landlords (rental income)48
Reported capital gains45
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

86% of homes here are owner-occupied and 8% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

86% 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

12%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,083/mo, while renters pay about $888/mo — owning runs $195/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$87K
Median rent · wk
$205
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,083

Household income

$87K household · yr+15.4% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$48K
Family
$105K
Household
$87K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
10
$650-999
25
$1,000-1,499
25
$1,500-1,999
17
$2,000-2,999
36
$3,000-3,999
15
$4,000+
10

At the median asking rent, about 9% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $683/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (168 households)
Owned outright
52%
Owned with mortgage
34%
Rented
8%
Dwelling structure11.0% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
101%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 82% drive, 0% public transport, 3% walk or cycle, 10% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA960
Students73
Government1
  • Mundulla Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 960
Crime 2024-25
8
1,852 per 100k
D3 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,852
Total incidents8· 2024-25
  • Assault00%
  • Break And Enter457%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud343%

Population outlook

7,038 people · 20227,133 by 2032 (+1.3%)

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

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

Located in South Australia within the Tatiara local government area, Mundulla is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 5270). The area has roughly 432 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $87K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 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 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, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median weekly rent is $205 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.

Mundulla is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 960, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Tatiara LGA is low at 1,852 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, 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$1,083
Rent · wk(Census)$205
Population growth · Tatiara LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)7,088
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change-0.1%
20012025
Development · Tatiara LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)10
Houses10
YoY change+0%
Employment · Tatiara LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.5%
YoY change+0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5270ATO
Negatively geared5.1%
21 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,995/yr
Landlords (rental income)48
Reported capital gains45
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population432
Median age50
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,671
Personal income · wk$927
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,381 → $1,671
Change+21%
vs SA median+2.2 pp
Median rent-2.4%
stablevs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining0
Hospitals · Tatiara LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Bordertown Memorial Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Tatiara LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places71
Charla Lodge43 places
Keith and District Healthcare28 places
Childcare · Tatiara LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places149
Exceeding NQS1
Carol Murray Children's Centre72 places
Keith War Memorial Community Centre Kindergarten62 places
Padthaway Child Parent Centre15 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Mundulla leans 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 · 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.

Mundulla FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mundulla in?

    Mundulla is in the Tatiara Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5270. Council-level context for Tatiara LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Mundulla?

    The median weekly rent in Mundulla is $205/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Mundulla a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Mundulla?

    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 Mundulla 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.