Port Rickaby (postcode 5575) is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Yorke Peninsula local government area. With a population of 69, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 67. Households earn a median income of $41K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 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 top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $350. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.
The crime rate in the Yorke Peninsula LGA is below average at 2,899 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, 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.