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Suburb profile ·Alexandrina LGA · SA ·5256

Nurragi SA 5256

Nurragi is in Alexandrina LGA, SA, postcode 5256, with population 30.

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

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
$620/wk
Market rent signal
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
31,427
31K via Alexandrina LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
701
40 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$1,994
Median rent · wk$620

Affordability

38%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,994/mo, while renters pay about $2,687/mo — renting runs $693/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$85K
Median rent · wk
$620
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,994

Household income

$85K household · yr+12.2% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$43K
Family
$88K
Household
$85K

Full data detail

Nurragi SA — Property Data and Demographics

Nurragi is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Alexandrina local government area (postcode 5256). The area has roughly 30 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 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 machinery operators & drivers, managers, clerical & administrative. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian.

The median weekly rent is $620 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,994.

On the investment side, 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$1,994
Rent · wk(Census)$620
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 5256ATO
Negatively geared26 (3.4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,335/yr
Landlords (rental income)77
Reported capital gains51
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population30
Median age40
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$833
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Nurragi rests 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 · 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 Nurragi 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, 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.

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

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

Montarra most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$220/wk

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

Kyeema most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$260/wk

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

Mount Magnificent most similar
similar rent profile

pop same · rent -$220/wk

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

Nurragi FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Nurragi in?

    Nurragi is in the Alexandrina Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5256. 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 Nurragi?

    The median weekly rent in Nurragi is $620/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Nurragi a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Nurragi 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 Nurragi?

    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 Nurragi 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.