Port Augusta West is in Port Augusta LGA, SA, postcode 5700, with population 4,046.
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Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,279/mo, while renters pay about $1,473/mo — renting runs $194/mo higher on these medians.
Port Augusta West (postcode 5700) is a smaller suburb in South Australia within the Port Augusta local government area. With a population of 4,046, the suburb has a settled mid-life population with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $73K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.1% 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 community & personal service, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
The current median weekly rent is $340. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,279.
Port Augusta West is served by 3 schools, including 2 primary, 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 893, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Port Augusta LGA is higher than average at 23,826 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.1% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Port Augusta West carries enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
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Port Augusta West is in the Port Augusta Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5700. Council-level context for Port Augusta LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Port Augusta West is $340/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Port Augusta West 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.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Port Augusta West show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.