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Suburb profile ·Coorong LGA · SA ·5301

Peake SA 5301

Peake is in Coorong LGA, SA, postcode 5301, with population 104.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
$90/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
5,627
6K via Coorong LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
155
9 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$546
Median rent · wk$90
Investor profile

Who invests in Peake

Owner-occupied 77%Rented 23%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared2.3%
8 of 34 landlords
Avg rental loss$2,642/yr
Landlords (rental income)34
Reported capital gains27
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

70% of homes here are owner-occupied and 21% rented, with 2% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

70% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

10%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $546/mo, while renters pay about $390/mo — owning runs $156/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$47K
Median rent · wk
$90
Owner mortgage · mo
$546

Household income

$47K household · yr-37.8% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$29K
Family
$66K
Household
$47K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
3
$300-649
17
$650-999
6
$1,000-1,499
16
$1,500-1,999
0
$2,000-2,999
6
$3,000-3,999
3
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 6% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $300/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (44 households)
Owned outright
48%
Owned with mortgage
23%
Rented
21%
Dwelling structure28.8% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 47% drive, 0% public transport, 14% walk or cycle, 21% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
2
1,923 per 100k
D3 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,923
Total incidents2· 2024-25
  • Assault0
  • Break And Enter0
  • Drug Offences0
  • Fraud0

Population outlook

5,578 people · 20225,289 by 2032 (-5.2%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the The Coorong SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Peake SA — Property Data and Demographics

Peake is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Coorong local government area (postcode 5301). It is home to about 104 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $47K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% 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 managers, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median weekly rent is $90 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $546.

Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Coorong LGA is low at 1,923 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.1% 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-0.1% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$546
Rent · wk(Census)$90
Population growth · Coorong LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)5,627
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change-0.1%
20012025
Development · Coorong LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)24
Houses24
YoY change+0%
Employment · Coorong LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.4%
YoY change+1.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5301ATO
Negatively geared2.3%
8 of filers
Avg rental loss$2,642/yr
Landlords (rental income)34
Reported capital gains27
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population104
Median age49
Household size2
HH income · wk$900
Personal income · wk$566
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$725 → $900
Change+24.1%
vs SA median+5.3 pp
Median rent+42.9%
stablevs SA 2016–21
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops1
Hospitals · Coorong LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Meningie and Districts Memorial Hospital and Health Servicespublic
Tailem Bend District Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Coorong LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places64
Jallarah Homes30 places
Tailem Bend Multi-Purpose Service24 places
Meningie Multi-Purpose Service10 places
Childcare · Coorong LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places142
Exceeding NQS2
Tailem Bend Kindergarten40 places
Lake Albert Learning Centre30 places
Meningie Preschool30 places
Coomandook and Districts Kindergarten23 places
Tintinara Preschool19 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Peake 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 · 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 · 1 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 Peake 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 lighter areas here are school matches and hospital 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

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

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Peake FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Peake in?

    Peake is in the Coorong Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5301. Council-level context for Coorong LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Peake?

    The median weekly rent in Peake is $90/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Peake a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Peake?

    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 Peake 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.