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Suburb profile ·Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA · SA ·5607

Poonindie SA 5607

Poonindie is in Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA, SA, postcode 5607, with population 210.

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
$150/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
210
210 local footprint
D6 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,605
96 added 12mo · 11MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,326
Median rent · wk$150
Investor profile

Who invests in Poonindie

Owner-occupied 82%Rented 18%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.4%
157 of 381 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,038/yr
Landlords (rental income)381
Reported capital gains270
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

83% of homes here are owner-occupied and 19% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

83% 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

9%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,326/mo, while renters pay about $650/mo — owning runs $676/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$85K
Median rent · wk
$150
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,326

Household income

$85K household · yr+12.2% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$42K
Family
$87K
Household
$85K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
4
$650-999
11
$1,000-1,499
12
$1,500-1,999
18
$2,000-2,999
8
$3,000-3,999
5
$4,000+
3

At the median asking rent, about 7% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $500/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (65 households)4.6% social housing
Owned outright
22%
Owned with mortgage
62%
Rented
19%
Dwelling structure12.0% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
97%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 73% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 11% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA984
Students131
Government1
  • Poonindie Community Learning CentrePrimary · Government · ICSEA 984
Crime 2024-25
4
1,905 per 100k
D3 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,905
Total incidents4· 2024-25
  • Assault4100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

7,020 people · 20227,109 by 2032 (+1.3%)

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

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

Located in South Australia within the Lower Eyre Peninsula local government area, Poonindie is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 5607). The area has roughly 210 residents and a mix of young professionals and families, with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. SA employment has moved +1.6% 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 sales, technicians & trades, managers. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.

The median weekly rent is $150 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,326.

Poonindie is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 984, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA is low at 1,905 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,326
Rent · wk(Census)$150
Property investors · Postcode 5607ATO
Negatively geared5.4%
157 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,038/yr
Landlords (rental income)381
Reported capital gains270
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population210
Median age34
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$804
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,312 → $1,625
Change+23.9%
vs SA median+5.1 pp
Median rent+0%
stablevs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Lower Eyre Peninsula LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Cummins and District Memorial Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Lower Eyre Peninsula LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places22
Cummins Multi-Purpose Service22 places
Childcare · Lower Eyre Peninsula LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places96
Exceeding NQS1
Cummins Child Parent Centre44 places
Poonindie Early Childhood Centre30 places · in suburb
Lake Wangary Preschool22 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Poonindie leans 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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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 · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
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 Poonindie 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.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals.

The main gaps on this page are hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

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pop same · rent same $

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Wangary most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$50/wk

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

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pop -100 · rent same $

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

Poonindie FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Poonindie in?

    Poonindie is in the Lower Eyre Peninsula Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5607. Council-level context for Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Poonindie?

    The median weekly rent in Poonindie is $150/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Poonindie?

    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.

  4. How often is the Poonindie 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.