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Suburb profile ·Flinders Ranges LGA · SA ·5433

Quorn SA 5433

Quorn is in Flinders Ranges LGA, SA, postcode 5433, with population 1,232.

The read

Affordability-first

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$400/wk
Rising
+20.3% YoY
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 5 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$400
$300
Mar 2025Mar 2026
Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$400/wk
Income-stretched rent market
20.3%YoY D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,232
1K local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
4h 37m
356.2 km to Adelaide CBD · free-flow
Solar
491
14 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$938
Median rent · wk$200
Investor profile

Who invests in Quorn

Owner-occupied 79%Rented 21%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4.5%
31 of 100 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,406/yr
Landlords (rental income)100
Reported capital gains61
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

74% of homes here are owner-occupied and 20% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

74% 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

39%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $938/mo, while renters pay about $1,733/mo — renting runs $795/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$53K
Median rent · wk
$400
Owner mortgage · mo
$938

Household income

$53K household · yr-29.8% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$32K
Family
$73K
Household
$53K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
22
$300-649
116
$650-999
89
$1,000-1,499
79
$1,500-1,999
56
$2,000-2,999
61
$3,000-3,999
29
$4,000+
14

At the median asking rent, about 61% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,333/wk income).

Median taxable income trend (ATO, 2018-19 – 2022-23)$42K → $47K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (513 households)4.5% social housing
Owned outright
44%
Owned with mortgage
31%
Rented
20%
Dwelling structure22.2% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
93%
Townhouse / semi
4%
Flat / apartment
3%

Getting to work: 73% drive, 2% public transport, 10% walk or cycle, 10% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA910
Students117
Government1
  • Quorn Area SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 910

Livability

43/ 100 livability index

Top 57% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 43% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access52
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals56

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Crime 2024-25
51
4,140 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,140
Total incidents51· 2024-25
  • Assault1461%
  • Break And Enter835%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud14%

Population outlook

2,185 people · 20222,110 by 2032 (-3.4%)

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

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

Located in South Australia within the Flinders Ranges local government area, Quorn is a close-knit residential community (postcode 5433). It is home to about 1,232 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $53K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -1.0% 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 most common occupations are community & personal service, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.

The current median weekly rent is $400. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $938.

Quorn is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 910, which is below the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Flinders Ranges LGA is moderate at 4,140 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of -1.0% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-1.0% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$938
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$400
Population growth · Flinders Ranges LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,662
5-year growth-0.1% CAGR
YoY change-1%
20012025
Development · Flinders Ranges LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)0
YoY change+0%
Employment · Flinders Ranges LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.7%
YoY change+3.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5433ATO
Negatively geared4.5%
31 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,406/yr
Landlords (rental income)100
Reported capital gains61
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population1,232
Median age53
Household size2
HH income · wk$1,017
Personal income · wk$617
Persons / bedroom0.7
IncomeATO 22-23
Median income$46,913
Mean income$60,803
Earners1,296
YoY change-5.4%
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$911 → $1,017
Change+11.6%
vs SA median-7.2 pp
Median rent+16.3%
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining5
iga1
Hospitals · Flinders Ranges LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Hawker Memorial Hospitalpublic
Quorn Health Servicepublic · in suburb
Aged care · Flinders Ranges LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places38
Quorn Multi-Purpose Service30 places · in suburb
Hawker Multi-Purpose Service8 places
Childcare · Flinders Ranges LGAACECQA
Services2
Approved places64
Exceeding NQS0
Quorn Kindergarten40 places · in suburb
Hawker Childhood Services Centre24 places
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Quorn has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass 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 using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

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
SA Housing Authority / CBS · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
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 · 1 hospitals matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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.

Quorn FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Quorn in?

    Quorn is in the Flinders Ranges Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5433. Council-level context for Flinders Ranges LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Quorn?

    The median weekly rent in Quorn is $400/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is income-stretched rent market.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Quorn?

    Income-stretched rent market: Weekly rent screens at about 44% of annual income. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Quorn a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Quorn?

    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.

  6. How often is the Quorn 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.