Sandalwood is in Karoonda East Murray LGA, SA, postcode 5309, with population 62.
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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.
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
This suburb 11% · SA median 18%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 85% of AU suburbs
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Karoonda - Lameroo SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Sandalwood is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Karoonda East Murray local government area (postcode 5309). With a population of 62, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $55K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.4% 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, machinery operators & drivers, sales. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.
The median weekly rent is $120 (Census 2021).
The crime rate in the Karoonda East Murray LGA is low at 1,613 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of -0.4% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage
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pop same · rent +$45/wk
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pop same · rent -$40/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
Sandalwood is in the Karoonda East Murray Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5309. Council-level context for Karoonda East Murray LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Sandalwood is $120/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Sandalwood show: Declining, Steady. 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.