Paechtown is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Mount Barker local government area (postcode 5245). With a population of 204, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $124K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.2% 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 professionals, technicians & trades, managers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The current median weekly rent is $650. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,250.
The crime rate in the Mount Barker LGA is low at 490 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +3.2% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.