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Suburb profile ·Salisbury LGA · SA ·5106

Salisbury South SA 5106

Salisbury South is in Salisbury LGA, SA, postcode 5106, with population 78.

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.

Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.

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
$309/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
151,019
151K via Salisbury LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
125
6 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
Median rent · wk$309

Affordability

59%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress
Household income · yr
$27K
Median rent · wk
$309

Household income

$27K household · yr-63.7% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$19K
Family
$38K
Household
$27K
Crime 2024-25
44
56,410 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k56,410
Total incidents44· 2024-25
  • Assault538%
  • Break And Enter538%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud323%

Full data detail

Salisbury South SA — Property Data and Demographics

Salisbury South is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Salisbury local government area (postcode 5106). With a population of 78, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 83. Households earn a median income of $27K per year, with an average household size of 1.1 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 top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The median weekly rent is $309 (Census 2021).

Public transport access includes 1 rail station, 6 bus stops. Healthcare facilities include 1 private hospital. The crime rate in the Salisbury LGA is higher than average at 56,410 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, 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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.3%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$309
Population growth · Salisbury LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)151,019
5-year growth+0.5% CAGR
YoY change+0.3%
20012025
Development · Salisbury LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)750
Houses504
Units246
YoY change+0%
Employment · Salisbury LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.5%
YoY change-0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5106ATO
Negatively geared3 (4.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,325/yr
Landlords (rental income)7
Reported capital gains7
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population78
Median age83
Household size1.1
HH income · wk$525
Personal income · wk$366
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Rail stations1
Bus stops6
Chidda Railway Station
Hospitals · 1AIHW
Public0
Private1
Northern Endoscopy Centreprivate
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Salisbury South 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 · 1 hospitals matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Transport
GTFS feeds · 7 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Salisbury South 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.

The lighter areas here are school matches, 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

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

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

St Kilda better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$59/wk

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

Green Fields better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent +$14/wk

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

Ingle Farm better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +9500 · adds house price coverage · rent +$1/wk

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

Salisbury South FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Salisbury South in?

    Salisbury South is in the Salisbury Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5106. Council-level context for Salisbury LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Salisbury South?

    The median weekly rent in Salisbury South is $309/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Salisbury South a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Salisbury South 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 Salisbury South?

    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 Salisbury South 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.