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Suburb profile ·Roxby Downs LGA · SA ·5725

Olympic Dam SA 5725

Olympic Dam is in Roxby Downs LGA, SA, postcode 5725, with population 308.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
4,089
4K via Roxby Downs LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
399
15 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
Median rent · wk

Household income

$85K household · yr+12.2% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$115K
Household
$85K
Crime 2024-25
15
4,870 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,870
Total incidents15· 2024-25
  • Assault4100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Full data detail

Olympic Dam SA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in South Australia within the Roxby Downs local government area, Olympic Dam is a small, quiet locality (postcode 5725). It is home to about 308 residents, with a mix of families and early-career residents and a median age of 36. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.2% 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 technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The crime rate in the Roxby Downs LGA is moderate at 4,870 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.2% 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-0.2% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Roxby Downs LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)4,089
5-year growth-0.2% CAGR
YoY change-0.2%
20012025
Development · Roxby Downs LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)0
YoY change+0%
Employment · Roxby Downs LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.4%
YoY change+0.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5725ATO
Negatively geared278 (11.7% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,899/yr
Landlords (rental income)406
Reported capital gains242
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population308
Median age36
Household size1
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$2,212
Persons / bedroom0
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining0
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Olympic Dam is a thin local read rather than a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 Olympic Dam 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 missing both local price and current rent signals.

That means the read leans more on Census basics and whatever local services were matched, instead of a fuller market picture.

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 as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Use nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings to find stronger comparables before turning this locality into a shortlist 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 Olympic Dam feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Roxby Downs better covered
better market coverage

pop +3400 · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Olympic Dam FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Olympic Dam in?

    Olympic Dam is in the Roxby Downs Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5725. Council-level context for Roxby Downs LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Olympic Dam a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Olympic Dam?

    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.

  4. How often is the Olympic Dam 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.