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Suburb profile ·Wakefield LGA · SA ·5461

Saints SA 5461

Saints is in Wakefield LGA, SA, postcode 5461, with population 11.

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.

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
6,993
7K via Wakefield LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
849
37 added 12mo · 6MW

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

$72K household · yr-5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$45K
Family
$72K
Household
$72K

Population outlook

9,738 people · 202210,009 by 2032 (+2.8%)

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

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

Saints is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Wakefield local government area (postcode 5461). It is home to about 11 residents, with a younger, working-age population and a median age of 28. Households earn a median income of $72K per year, with an average household size of 3.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.0% 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 top ancestries reported are English, Australian.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.0% 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+0.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Wakefield LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)6,993
5-year growth+0.4% CAGR
YoY change+0%
20012025
Development · Wakefield LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)10
Houses10
YoY change+0%
Employment · Wakefield LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)6.9%
YoY change+1.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5461ATO
Negatively geared4.8%
73 of filers
Avg rental loss$3,555/yr
Landlords (rental income)192
Reported capital gains147
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population11
Median age28
Household size3.3
HH income · wk$1,375
Personal income · wk$866
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,125 → $1,375
Change+22.2%
vs SA median+3.4 pp
stablevs SA 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Wakefield LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Balaklava Soldiers' Memorial District Hospitalpublic
Snowtown Hospital and Health Servicepublic
Aged care · Wakefield LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places145
Walara Hamley Bridge52 places
Walara Balaklava Millcourt40 places
Snowtown Multi-Purpose Service31 places
Ira Parker Nursing Home22 places
Childcare · Wakefield LGAACECQA
Services7
Approved places205
Exceeding NQS1
Balaklava Community Children's Centre50 places
Hamley Bridge Kindergarten30 places
Snowtown Children's Centre30 places
Snowtown Kindergarten30 places
Brinkworth Primary and Early Childhood Centre25 places
Port Wakefield Kindergarten25 places
+1 more in Wakefield LGA
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Saints is 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 · 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 Saints 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 main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

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

Lake View better covered
similar suburb scale 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.

Dalkey better covered
similar suburb scale 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.

Stow most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Saints FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Saints in?

    Saints is in the Wakefield Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5461. Council-level context for Wakefield LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Saints a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Saints 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 Saints?

    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 Saints 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.