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Suburb profile ·Yorke Peninsula LGA · SA ·5575

Point Turton SA 5575

Point Turton is in Yorke Peninsula LGA, SA, postcode 5575, with population 350.

Limited data

Thin-context

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$390/wk
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 4 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$425
$380
Mar 2025Mar 2026
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
$390/wk
Rent context available
D8 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
12,242
12K via Yorke Peninsula LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,385
72 added 12mo · 8MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,408
Median rent · wk$210
Investor profile

Who invests in Point Turton

Owner-occupied 89%Rented 11%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.9%
52 of 165 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,907/yr
Landlords (rental income)165
Reported capital gains160
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

88% of homes here are owner-occupied and 11% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

88% 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

37%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,408/mo, while renters pay about $1,690/mo — renting runs $282/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$55K
Median rent · wk
$390
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,408

Household income

$55K household · yr-27.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$28K
Family
$70K
Household
$55K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
21
$300-649
33
$650-999
21
$1,000-1,499
26
$1,500-1,999
12
$2,000-2,999
20
$3,000-3,999
7
$4,000+
11

At the median asking rent, about 61% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,300/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (158 households)
Owned outright
60%
Owned with mortgage
28%
Rented
11%
Dwelling structure66.2% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
97%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 77% drive, 0% public transport, 7% walk or cycle, 14% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
3
857 per 100k
D1 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k857
Total incidents3· 2024-25
  • Assault2100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

4,267 people · 20224,303 by 2032 (+0.8%)

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

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

Point Turton (postcode 5575) is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Yorke Peninsula local government area. With a population of 350, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 61. Households earn a median income of $55K 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 +0.7% 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, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $390. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,408.

The crime rate in the Yorke Peninsula LGA is low at 857 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.7% 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+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,408
Rent · wk(Census)$210
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$390
Population growth · Yorke Peninsula LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)12,242
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Yorke Peninsula LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)78
Houses78
YoY change+0%
Employment · Yorke Peninsula LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)6.8%
YoY change+1.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5575ATO
Negatively geared3.9%
52 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,907/yr
Landlords (rental income)165
Reported capital gains160
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population350
Median age61
Household size2
HH income · wk$1,050
Personal income · wk$537
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$954 → $1,050
Change+10.1%
vs SA median-8.7 pp
Median rent-9.1%
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Yorke Peninsula LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Central Yorke Peninsula Hospital (Maitland)public
Southern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Yorketown)public
Aged care · Yorke Peninsula LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places146
Eldercare The Village60 places
Melaleuca Court Nursing Home35 places
Ardrossan Community Hostel33 places
Eldercare - South Park Minlaton18 places
Childcare · Yorke Peninsula LGAACECQA
Services8
Approved places311
Exceeding NQS3
Minlaton Family Centre82 places
Central Yorke Early Learning Centre41 places
Minlaton District Early Learning Centre40 places
Maitland Family Centre39 places
Yorketown Community Children's Centre34 places
Yorketown Area School OSHC30 places
+2 more in Yorke Peninsula LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Point Turton works as a starting read but 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 · 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 · 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 Point Turton 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

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

Port Victoria most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$185/wk

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

Clinton most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$165/wk

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

Curramulka most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$190/wk

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

Point Turton FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Point Turton in?

    Point Turton is in the Yorke Peninsula Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5575. Council-level context for Yorke Peninsula LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Point Turton?

    The median weekly rent in Point Turton is $390/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Point Turton?

    Rent context available: Point Turton 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 Point Turton a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Point Turton 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 Point Turton?

    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 Point Turton 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.