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Suburb profile ·Playford LGA · SA ·5114

Sampson Flat SA 5114

Sampson Flat is in Playford LGA, SA, postcode 5114, with population 147.

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

Population movement supports a growth-led read. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$225/wk
Market rent signal
D4 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
115,790
116K via Playford LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
9,194
521 added 12mo · 55MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,167
Median rent · wk$225

Affordability

10%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,167/mo, while renters pay about $975/mo — owning runs $1,192/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$118K
Median rent · wk
$225
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,167

Household income

$118K household · yr+57.3% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$47K
Family
$122K
Household
$118K

Full data detail

Sampson Flat SA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in South Australia within the Playford local government area, Sampson Flat is a quiet locality (postcode 5114). The area has roughly 147 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $118K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.9% 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 managers, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward education and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $225 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +3.9% 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+3.9% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$2,167
Rent · wk(Census)$225
Population growth · Playford LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)115,790
5-year growth+3.3% CAGR
YoY change+3.9%
20012025
Development · Playford LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1,494
Houses1,279
Units215
YoY change+0%
Employment · Playford LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)8.9%
YoY change+0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5114ATO
Negatively geared849 (4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,002/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,581
Reported capital gains769
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population147
Median age45
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$2,277
Personal income · wk$900
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)10/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Sampson Flat 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 · 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 Sampson Flat 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.

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

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

Munno Para Downs better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent +$25/wk

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

Buckland Park most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$66/wk

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

Bibaringa most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent +$84/wk

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

Sampson Flat FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Sampson Flat in?

    Sampson Flat is in the Playford Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5114. Council-level context for Playford LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Sampson Flat?

    The median weekly rent in Sampson Flat is $225/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Sampson Flat a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Sampson Flat?

    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 Sampson Flat 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.