Salisbury Plain is in Salisbury LGA, SA, postcode 5109, with population 1,333.
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Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,300/mo, while renters pay about $2,565/mo — renting runs $1,265/mo higher on these medians.
Salisbury Plain is a small locality in South Australia within the Salisbury local government area (postcode 5109). The area has roughly 1,333 residents and a mix of families and early-career residents, with a median age of 37. Households earn a median income of $65K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.3% 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. The most common occupations are labourers, technicians & trades, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
Median house prices in Salisbury Plain stand at $730,000, having posted strong gains by 7.4% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $592. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.2%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.
Public transport access includes 12 bus stops. The crime rate in the Salisbury LGA is higher than average at 13,803 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 4.2%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices are near the state median ($730K/$950K). The price-to-income ratio of 11.2x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +7.4% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Salisbury Plain is in the Salisbury Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5109. Council-level context for Salisbury LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Salisbury Plain, SA is $730K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Salisbury Plain is $592/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-led investor candidate.
Rent-led investor candidate: Gross rent yield screens at about 4.2%. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Salisbury Plain show: Moderate Yield, Near Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.