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Suburb profile ·Yankalilla LGA · SA ·5204

Rapid Bay SA 5204

Rapid Bay is in Yankalilla LGA, SA, postcode 5204, with population 15.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

$450/wk
Mar 2025 → Dec 2025 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Dec 2025
$480
$450
Mar 2025Dec 2025
What to check

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
6,299
6K via Yankalilla LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
1,902
81 added 12mo · 11MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk

Household income

$23K household · yr-68.9% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$31K
Family
$23K
Household
$23K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA975
Students29
Government1
  • Rapid Bay Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 975
Crime 2024-25
7
46,667 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k46,667
Total incidents7· 2024-25
  • Assault360%
  • Break And Enter240%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Full data detail

Rapid Bay SA — Property Data and Demographics

Rapid Bay is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Yankalilla local government area (postcode 5204). With a population of 15, the suburb has a predominantly older resident base with a median age of 56. Households earn a median income of $23K per year, with an average household size of 1.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.4% 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.

Rapid Bay is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 975, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Yankalilla LGA is higher than average at 46,667 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.4% 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+1.4%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Yankalilla LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)6,299
5-year growth+1.9% CAGR
YoY change+1.4%
20012025
Development · Yankalilla LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)47
Houses47
YoY change+0%
Employment · Yankalilla LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.1%
YoY change+1.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5204ATO
Negatively geared108 (5.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,648/yr
Landlords (rental income)258
Reported capital gains173
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population15
Median age56
Household size1.2
HH income · wk$450
Personal income · wk$599
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Rapid Bay as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 · 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 Rapid Bay 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 hospital coverage and transport stops.

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

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Lean on nearby suburbs, rankings, and the state hub for stronger comparables before treating this as a shortlist call.

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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Rapid Bay feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Deep Creek better covered
better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Silverton most similar

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Tunkalilla most similar

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Rapid Bay FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Rapid Bay in?

    Rapid Bay is in the Yankalilla Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5204. Council-level context for Yankalilla LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Rapid Bay a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Rapid Bay?

    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.

  4. How often is the Rapid Bay 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.