Located in South Australia within the Whyalla local government area, Point Lowly is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 5601). With a population of 34, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 64. Households earn a median income of $67K per year, with an average household size of 1.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.7% 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 sales, machinery operators & drivers, managers. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.
The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,798.
The crime rate in the Whyalla LGA is higher than average at 11,765 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.7% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.