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Suburb profile ·Tatiara LGA · SA ·5270

Mundulla West SA 5270

Mundulla West is in Tatiara LGA, SA, postcode 5270, with population 91.

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.

$200/wk
Mar 2025 → Sep 2025 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Sep 2025
$340
$330
Mar 2025Sep 2025
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$200/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
7,088
7K via Tatiara LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
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$325
Median rent · wk$200
Investor profile

Who invests in Mundulla West

Owner-occupied 87%Rented 13%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.1%
21 of 48 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,995/yr
Landlords (rental income)48
Reported capital gains45
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

68% of homes here are owner-occupied and 10% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 68% owner-occupier / 10% renter mix.

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

Affordability

9%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $325/mo, while renters pay about $867/mo — renting runs $542/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$111K
Median rent · wk
$200
Owner mortgage · mo
$325

Household income

$111K household · yr+46.8% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$46K
Family
$114K
Household
$111K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (31 households)
Owned outright
36%
Owned with mortgage
32%
Rented
10%
Dwelling structure24.3% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 46% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 39% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
4
4,396 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,396
Total incidents4· 2024-25
  • Assault150%
  • Break And Enter150%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

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 West SA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in South Australia within the Tatiara local government area, Mundulla West is a small, quiet locality (postcode 5270). The area has roughly 91 residents and a mix of young professionals and families, with a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $111K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 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 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, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $325.

The crime rate in the Tatiara LGA is moderate at 4,396 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, 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$325
Rent · wk(Census)$200
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
Population91
Median age35
Household size3.2
HH income · wk$2,125
Personal income · wk$890
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,156 → $2,125
Change+83.8%
vs SA median+65 pp
Median rent+66.7%
gentrifyingvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
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 West 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 · 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 Mundulla West 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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 Mundulla West feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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Mundulla West FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mundulla West in?

    Mundulla West 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 West?

    The median weekly rent in Mundulla West is $200/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Mundulla West a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Mundulla West 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 West?

    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 West 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.