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Suburb profile ·Adelaide Plains LGA · SA ·5502

Redbanks SA 5502

Redbanks is in Adelaide Plains LGA, SA, postcode 5502, with population 185.

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.

$562/wk
Sep 2025 → Mar 2026 · 3 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$900
$562
Sep 2025Mar 2026
Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read.

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
$562/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
11,736
12K via Adelaide Plains LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
509
13 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$1,083
Median rent · wk$300
Investor profile

Who invests in Redbanks

Owner-occupied 85%Rented 15%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.2%
52 of 118 landlords
Avg rental loss$3,852/yr
Landlords (rental income)118
Reported capital gains65
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

84% of homes here are owner-occupied and 15% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

84% 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

35%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,083/mo, while renters pay about $2,435/mo — renting runs $1,352/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$83K
Median rent · wk
$562
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,083

Household income

$83K household · yr+10.8% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$39K
Family
$93K
Household
$83K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
0
$650-999
12
$1,000-1,499
7
$1,500-1,999
11
$2,000-2,999
12
$3,000-3,999
5
$4,000+
6

At the median asking rent, about 52% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,873/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (68 households)
Owned outright
37%
Owned with mortgage
47%
Rented
15%
Dwelling structure4.1% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 84% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 12% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Population outlook

3,445 people · 20223,641 by 2032 (+5.7%)

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

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

Redbanks is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Adelaide Plains local government area (postcode 5502). It is home to about 185 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $83K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.8% 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 labourers, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $562. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +3.8% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+3.8% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,083
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$562
Population growth · Adelaide Plains LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)11,736
5-year growth+3.9% CAGR
YoY change+3.8%
20012025
Development · Adelaide Plains LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)99
Houses99
YoY change+0%
Employment · Adelaide Plains LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change+0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5502ATO
Negatively geared5.2%
52 of filers
Avg rental loss$3,852/yr
Landlords (rental income)118
Reported capital gains65
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population185
Median age46
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,604
Personal income · wk$745
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,406 → $1,604
Change+14.1%
vs SA median-4.7 pp
Median rent+20%
stablevs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Childcare · Adelaide Plains LGAACECQA
Services7
Approved places353
Exceeding NQS2
Xavier College OSHC Two Wells90 places
Stepping Stone Two Wells Childcare & Early Development Centre80 places
Two Wells Community Children's Centre60 places
Happy Haven OSHC Two Wells39 places
Mallala Preschool30 places
Two Wells Community Children's Centre Outreach Preschool30 places
+1 more in Adelaide Plains LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Redbanks works as a starting read but still needs cross-checking.

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 · 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 Redbanks 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.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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 Redbanks 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 -$262/wk

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pop same · rent -$342/wk

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Redbanks FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Redbanks in?

    Redbanks is in the Adelaide Plains Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5502. Council-level context for Adelaide Plains LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Redbanks?

    The median weekly rent in Redbanks is $562/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Redbanks?

    Rent context available: Redbanks has usable rent context. 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 Redbanks a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Redbanks?

    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 Redbanks 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.