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Suburb profile ·Mid Murray LGA · SA ·5353

Punyelroo SA 5353

Punyelroo is in Mid Murray LGA, SA, postcode 5353, with population 39.

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
$55/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
9,674
10K via Mid Murray LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,309
69 added 12mo · 9MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$300
Median rent · wk$55

Affordability

7%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $300/mo, while renters pay about $238/mo — owning runs $62/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$41K
Median rent · wk
$55
Owner mortgage · mo
$300

Household income

$41K household · yr-46.1% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$31K
Family
$47K
Household
$41K

Full data detail

Punyelroo SA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in South Australia within the Mid Murray local government area, Punyelroo is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 5353). The area has roughly 39 residents and a more retirement-aged population, with a median age of 66. Households earn a median income of $41K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.8% 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 professionals, managers. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $55 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $300.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.8% 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+0.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$300
Rent · wk(Census)$55
Population growth · Mid Murray LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)9,674
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.8%
20012025
Development · Mid Murray LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)103
Houses103
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mid Murray LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.2%
YoY change+1.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5353ATO
Negatively geared113 (4.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,413/yr
Landlords (rental income)312
Reported capital gains223
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population39
Median age66
Household size1.8
HH income · wk$780
Personal income · wk$599
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)10/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Punyelroo rests 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 · No linked local crime series
Missing
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 Punyelroo 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
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

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

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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

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.

Stronger nearby reads

If Punyelroo 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 +$45/wk

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Wall Flat most similar
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pop same · rent +$50/wk

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Punthari most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$125/wk

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Punyelroo FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Punyelroo in?

    Punyelroo is in the Mid Murray Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5353. Council-level context for Mid Murray LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Punyelroo?

    The median weekly rent in Punyelroo is $55/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Punyelroo a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Punyelroo show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Punyelroo?

    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.

  5. How often is the Punyelroo 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.