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Suburb profile ·Renmark Paringa LGA · SA ·5340

Pike River SA 5340

Pike River is in Renmark Paringa LGA, SA, postcode 5340, with population 52.

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.

What to check

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
$460/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
10,274
10K via Renmark Paringa LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
449
17 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,084
Median rent · wk$70

Affordability

25%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,084/mo, while renters pay about $1,993/mo — renting runs $909/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$98K
Median rent · wk
$460
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,084

Household income

$98K household · yr+29.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$45K
Family
$136K
Household
$98K

Full data detail

Pike River SA — Property Data and Demographics

Pike River (postcode 5340) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Renmark Paringa local government area. It is home to about 52 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $98K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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 managers, labourers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and utilities. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Italian.

The current median weekly rent is $460. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,084.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.6% 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+0.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,084
Rent · wk(Census)$70
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$460
Population growth · Renmark Paringa LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)10,274
5-year growth+0.6% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Renmark Paringa LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)44
Houses36
Units8
YoY change+0%
Employment · Renmark Paringa LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4%
YoY change+1.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5340ATO
Negatively geared40 (4.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$3,908/yr
Landlords (rental income)99
Reported capital gains52
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population52
Median age49
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,875
Personal income · wk$857
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Pike River is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.

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 using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

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
SA Housing Authority / CBS · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
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 Pike River 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

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

Wonuarra most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$315/wk

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

Gurra Gurra most similar
similar rent profile

pop +100 · rent -$340/wk

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

Mundic Creek most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$265/wk

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

Pike River FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Pike River in?

    Pike River is in the Renmark Paringa Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5340. Council-level context for Renmark Paringa LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Pike River?

    The median weekly rent in Pike River is $460/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Pike River?

    Rent context available: Pike River has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Pike River a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Pike River?

    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.

  6. How often is the Pike River 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.