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Suburb profile ·Alexandrina LGA · SA ·5210

Nangkita SA 5210

Nangkita is in Alexandrina LGA, SA, postcode 5210, with population 242.

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.

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

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
$650/wk
Rent-pressure candidate
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
31,427
31K via Alexandrina LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
667
27 added 12mo · 4MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,800
Median rent · wk$150

Affordability

41%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,800/mo, while renters pay about $2,817/mo — renting runs $1,017/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$82K
Median rent · wk
$650
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,800

Household income

$82K household · yr+9.3% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$36K
Family
$98K
Household
$82K

Full data detail

Nangkita SA — Property Data and Demographics

Nangkita is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Alexandrina local government area (postcode 5210). It is home to about 242 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $82K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% 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 managers, technicians & trades, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $650. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,800.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.6% 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+1.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,800
Rent · wk(Census)$150
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$650
Population growth · Alexandrina LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)31,427
5-year growth+2% CAGR
YoY change+1.6%
20012025
Development · Alexandrina LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)256
Houses249
Units7
YoY change+0%
Employment · Alexandrina LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3%
YoY change+0.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5210ATO
Negatively geared48 (3.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,794/yr
Landlords (rental income)157
Reported capital gains99
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population242
Median age45
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$1,583
Personal income · wk$684
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Nangkita works as a starting read but still needs cross-checking.

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 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 · No linked local crime series
Missing
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 Nangkita 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Woodchester most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$400/wk

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

Hartley most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -100 · rent -$500/wk

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

Finniss most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent -$400/wk

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

Nangkita FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Nangkita in?

    Nangkita is in the Alexandrina Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5210. Council-level context for Alexandrina LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Nangkita?

    The median weekly rent in Nangkita is $650/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Nangkita?

    Rent-pressure candidate: Nangkita rents screen above the local benchmark. 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 Nangkita a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Nangkita 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 Nangkita?

    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 Nangkita 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.