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Suburb profile ·Port Adelaide Enfield LGA · SA ·5018

Outer Harbor SA 5018

Outer Harbor is in Port Adelaide Enfield LGA, SA, postcode 5018, with population 13.

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

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.

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
$102/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
143,022
143K via Port Adelaide Enfield LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,708
71 added 12mo · 9MW

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$102

Affordability

9%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$56K
Median rent · wk
$102

Household income

$56K household · yr-25.8% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$40K
Household
$56K
Crime 2024-25
12
92,308 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k92,308
Total incidents12· 2024-25
  • Assault133%
  • Break And Enter267%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Full data detail

Outer Harbor SA — Property Data and Demographics

Outer Harbor (postcode 5018) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Port Adelaide Enfield local government area. It is home to about 13 residents, with an older demographic and a median age of 66. Households earn a median income of $56K 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 +1.2% 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 top ancestries reported are English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $102 (Census 2021).

Public transport access includes 2 rail stations, 10 bus stops. The crime rate in the Port Adelaide Enfield LGA is higher than average at 92,308 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.2% 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+1.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$102
Population growth · Port Adelaide Enfield LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)143,022
5-year growth+1.5% CAGR
YoY change+1.2%
20012025
Development · Port Adelaide Enfield LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)911
Houses439
Units472
YoY change+0%
Employment · Port Adelaide Enfield LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.4%
YoY change-0.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5018ATO
Negatively geared214 (5.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,325/yr
Landlords (rental income)497
Reported capital gains290
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population13
Median age66
Household size1
HH income · wk$1,074
Personal income · wk$762
Persons / bedroom0.7
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Rail stations2
Bus stops10
Outer Harbor Railway Station
Stop School Oliver Rogers Rd / Outer Harbor Railway
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Outer Harbor 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 · 12 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Outer Harbor 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 and hospital coverage.

The main gaps on this page are school matches and hospital coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

Angle Park better covered
better market coverage

pop +1500 · adds house price coverage · rent +$97/wk

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

Ferryden Park better covered
better market coverage

pop +4500 · adds house price coverage · rent +$140/wk

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

Taperoo better covered
better market coverage

pop +3200 · adds house price coverage · rent +$148/wk

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

Outer Harbor FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Outer Harbor in?

    Outer Harbor is in the Port Adelaide Enfield Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5018. Council-level context for Port Adelaide Enfield LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Outer Harbor?

    The median weekly rent in Outer Harbor is $102/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Outer Harbor a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Outer Harbor 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 Outer Harbor?

    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 Outer Harbor 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.