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Suburb profile ·Kingston (SA) LGA · SA ·5275

Rosetown SA 5275

Rosetown is in Kingston (SA) LGA, SA, postcode 5275, with population 165.

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.

$214/wk
Sep 2025 → Dec 2025 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Dec 2025
$425
$300
Sep 2025Dec 2025
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
$214/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
2,420
2K via Kingston (SA) LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
737
26 added 12mo · 5MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,164
Median rent · wk$214
Investor profile

Who invests in Rosetown

Owner-occupied 80%Rented 20%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4%
60 of 186 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,820/yr
Landlords (rental income)186
Reported capital gains153
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

73% of homes here are owner-occupied and 18% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

73% 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

22%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,164/mo, while renters pay about $927/mo — owning runs $237/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$51K
Median rent · wk
$214
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,164

Household income

$51K household · yr-32.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$35K
Family
$72K
Household
$51K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
9
$650-999
16
$1,000-1,499
12
$1,500-1,999
8
$2,000-2,999
8
$3,000-3,999
3
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 22% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $713/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (66 households)
Owned outright
36%
Owned with mortgage
36%
Rented
18%
Dwelling structure27.3% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
102%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 90% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 0% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
3
1,818 per 100k
D3 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,818
Total incidents3· 2024-25
  • Assault0
  • Break And Enter0
  • Drug Offences0
  • Fraud0

Population outlook

3,965 people · 20223,836 by 2032 (-3.3%)

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

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

Located in South Australia within the Kingston (SA) local government area, Rosetown is a quiet locality (postcode 5275). With a population of 165, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $51K 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 +0.1% 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 managers, community & personal service, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $214 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,164.

The crime rate in the Kingston (SA) LGA is low at 1,818 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.1% 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+0.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,164
Rent · wk(Census)$214
Population growth · Kingston (SA) LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)2,420
5-year growth+0.5% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Kingston (SA) LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)14
Houses14
YoY change+0%
Employment · Kingston (SA) LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2%
YoY change+0.7pp
Jun-24Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5275ATO
Negatively geared4%
60 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,820/yr
Landlords (rental income)186
Reported capital gains153
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population165
Median age47
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$977
Personal income · wk$670
Persons / bedroom0.7
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$900 → $977
Change+8.6%
vs SA median-10.2 pp
Median rent-0.5%
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations2
Cafes & dining1
Hospitals · Kingston (SA) LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Kingston Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Kingston (SA) LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places32
Kingston SE/Robe Multi-Purpose Service32 places
Childcare · Kingston (SA) LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places45
Exceeding NQS1
Kingston Early Learning Centre45 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Rosetown 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 · 2024-25 · Area-level release dataset
Available
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 Rosetown 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, and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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Rosetown FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Rosetown in?

    Rosetown is in the Kingston (SA) Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5275. Council-level context for Kingston (SA) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Rosetown?

    The median weekly rent in Rosetown is $214/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Rosetown a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Rosetown 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 Rosetown?

    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 Rosetown 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.