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Suburb profile ·Murray Bridge LGA · SA ·5253

Murray Bridge North SA 5253

Murray Bridge North is in Murray Bridge LGA, SA, postcode 5253, with population 142.

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.

$165/wk
Mar 2025 → Dec 2025 · 3 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Dec 2025
$650
$450
Mar 2025Dec 2025
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
$165/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
23,539
24K via Murray Bridge LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
5,610
314 added 12mo · 38MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,192
Median rent · wk$165
Investor profile

Who invests in Murray Bridge North

Owner-occupied 94%Rented 6%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.6%
387 of 960 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,446/yr
Landlords (rental income)960
Reported capital gains605
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

92% of homes here are owner-occupied and 6% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

92% 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

14%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,192/mo, while renters pay about $715/mo — owning runs $477/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$61K
Median rent · wk
$165
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,192

Household income

$61K household · yr-19.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$29K
Family
$69K
Household
$61K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
9
$650-999
17
$1,000-1,499
14
$1,500-1,999
10
$2,000-2,999
4
$3,000-3,999
0
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 17% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $550/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (51 households)
Owned outright
45%
Owned with mortgage
47%
Rented
6%
Dwelling structure8.6% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 80% drive, 0% public transport, 9% walk or cycle, 11% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
4
2,817 per 100k
D4 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,817
Total incidents4· 2024-25
  • Assault1100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

3,838 people · 20223,921 by 2032 (+2.2%)

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

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Murray Bridge North SA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in South Australia within the Murray Bridge local government area, Murray Bridge North is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 5253). It is home to about 142 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $61K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +1.6% 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, clerical & administrative, sales. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median weekly rent is $165 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,192.

The crime rate in the Murray Bridge LGA is below average at 2,817 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.9% 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+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,192
Rent · wk(Census)$165
Population growth · Murray Bridge LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)23,539
5-year growth+1.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Murray Bridge LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)246
Houses 83%Units 17%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Murray Bridge LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.8%
YoY change+2.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5253ATO
Negatively geared3.6%
387 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,446/yr
Landlords (rental income)960
Reported capital gains605
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population142
Median age49
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,166
Personal income · wk$557
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$924 → $1,166
Change+26.2%
vs SA median+7.4 pp
Median rent-25%
gentrifyingvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Murray Bridge LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Murray Bridge LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places250
Resthaven Murray Bridge98 places
Lerwin Residential Care80 places
Romani72 places
Resthaven Murray Bridge, Hills and Fleurieu Community ServicesShort-Term Restorative Care (STRC)
Childcare · Murray Bridge LGAACECQA
Services16
Approved places1,156
Exceeding NQS2
Watch Me Grow Family Day Care150 places
Bright Steps Academy Murray Bridge121 places
Eden Academy Murray Bridge118 places
Tyndale Christian School - Murray Bridge Early Learning Centre115 places
Murray Bridge World of Learning105 places
Community Kids Murray Bridge Early Education Centre73 places
+10 more in Murray Bridge LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Murray Bridge North 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 Murray Bridge North 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.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Monarto South most similar
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pop same · rent -$50/wk

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

Wellington most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$35/wk

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White Hill most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$39/wk

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

Murray Bridge North FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Murray Bridge North in?

    Murray Bridge North is in the Murray Bridge Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5253. Council-level context for Murray Bridge LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Murray Bridge North?

    The median weekly rent in Murray Bridge North is $165/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Murray Bridge North a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Murray Bridge North 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 Murray Bridge North?

    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 Murray Bridge North 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.