Pipalyatjara is in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara LGA, SA, postcode 0872, with population 159.
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Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
0% of homes here are owner-occupied and 74% rented.
74% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment. Social housing is 62% of dwellings — check tenant mix and resale demand.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
This suburb 6% · SA median 18%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 96% of AU suburbs
Getting to work: 60% drive, 0% public transport, 49% walk or cycle, 0% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the APY Lands SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Pipalyatjara (postcode 0872) is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara local government area. With a population of 159, the suburb has a predominantly early-career demographic with a median age of 30. Households earn a median income of $67K per year, with an average household size of 3.3 people. 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 professionals, community & personal service, managers. Employment in the area leans toward education and arts & recreation. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, English, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $83 (Census 2021).
Pipalyatjara is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The crime rate in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara LGA is higher than average at 36,478 incidents per 100,000 population.
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Pipalyatjara is in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara Local Government Area, SA, postcode 0872. Council-level context for Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Pipalyatjara is $83/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.