Port Pirie SA 5540
Port Pirie is in Port Pirie LGA, SA, postcode 5540, with population 176.
Strong evidence
Port Pirie has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Property prices, Market rent, Crime, and Schools. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Gross rent yield screens at about 12.3%. Verify price and rent freshness before modelling the deal.
Open matching rent ranking →36 latest-year approvals in Port Pirie, +0.0% YoY; population +0.0% YoY (-0.1% 5yr).
Open development signals →Save suburbs here while you browse. Once the shortlist has two or more names, hand it straight into compare.
No saved AU suburbs yet.
No saved suburbs yet. Start with one ranking or suburb page, then compare once you have two candidates.
Open rankings to save the first candidates.
QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.
Release-based suburb price series, not a live market feed
Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Rent-led investor candidate
Gross rent yield screens at about 12.3%. Snapshot rent $415/wk.
Verify price and rent freshness before modelling the deal.
Port Pirie has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Property prices, Market rent, Crime, and Schools. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Property prices, Market rent, Crime, Schools
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Transport
Port Pirie currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
Gross yield screens at about 12.3%. Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.
Gross yield screens at about 12.3%. Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. Recent price movement shows visible market momentum.
The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Transport
Use as context
This page stays indexable because Port Pirie 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.
Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.
The main gaps on this page are transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.
This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.
If Port Pirie feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop same · rent -$240/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
pop same · rent -$240/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
- Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
- Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
- Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
Price history
Full data detail
Port Pirie SA
Port Pirie is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Port Pirie local government area (postcode 5540). With a population of 176, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 77. Households earn a median income of $31K per year, with an average household size of 1.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.0% 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, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Units have a median price of $175,000 (+14.4% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $415. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 12.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $650.
Port Pirie is served by 8 schools, including 4 primary, 1 secondary, 2 combined, 1 special. The average ICSEA score is 906, which is below the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Port Pirie LGA is higher than average at 145,455 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Port Pirie offers a gross rental yield of 12.3%, rated as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($175K/$950K), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 5.6x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +14.4% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.0% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Port Pirie is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Port Pirie local government area (postcode 5540). With a population of 176, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 77. Households earn a median income of $31K per year, with an average household size of 1.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.0% 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, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Units have a median price of $175,000 (+14.4% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $415. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 12.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $650.
Port Pirie is served by 8 schools, including 4 primary, 1 secondary, 2 combined, 1 special. The average ICSEA score is 906, which is below the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Port Pirie LGA is higher than average at 145,455 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Port Pirie offers a gross rental yield of 12.3%, rated as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($175K/$950K), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 5.6x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +14.4% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.0% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Port Pirie FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Port Pirie in?
Port Pirie is in the Port Pirie Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5540. Council-level context for Port Pirie LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
-
What is the typical weekly rent in Port Pirie?
The median weekly rent in Port Pirie is $415/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-led investor candidate.
-
What does the rent signal say about Port Pirie?
Rent-led investor candidate: Gross rent yield screens at about 12.3%. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
-
Is Port Pirie a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Port Pirie show: High Yield, Below Median, Affordable. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
-
Where does QuickProperty get its data for Port Pirie?
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.
-
How often is the Port Pirie 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.