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Suburb profile ·Onkaparinga LGA · SA ·5174

Sellicks Hill SA 5174

Sellicks Hill is in Onkaparinga LGA, SA, postcode 5174, with population 299.

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.

$280/wk
Mar 2025 → Dec 2025 · 4 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Dec 2025
$800
$420
Mar 2025Dec 2025
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
$280/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
184,827
185K via Onkaparinga LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
995
55 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$2,000
Median rent · wk$280

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,000/mo, while renters pay about $1,213/mo — owning runs $787/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$93K
Median rent · wk
$280
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,000

Household income

$93K household · yr+23.8% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$35K
Family
$94K
Household
$93K
Crime 2024-25
6
2,007 per 100k
D3 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,007
Total incidents6· 2024-25
  • Assault2100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Full data detail

Sellicks Hill SA — Property Data and Demographics

Sellicks Hill is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Onkaparinga local government area (postcode 5174). With a population of 299, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $93K 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 +0.9% 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 agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $280 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,000.

The crime rate in the Onkaparinga LGA is below average at 2,007 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.9% 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+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$2,000
Rent · wk(Census)$280
Population growth · Onkaparinga LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)184,827
5-year growth+1.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Onkaparinga LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)892
Houses574
Units319
YoY change+0%
Employment · Onkaparinga LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.4%
YoY change-0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5174ATO
Negatively geared83 (4.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,420/yr
Landlords (rental income)185
Reported capital gains108
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population299
Median age51
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,792
Personal income · wk$670
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Sellicks Hill depends 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 · 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 Sellicks Hill 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Whites Valley better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$10/wk

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

Noarlunga Centre better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop -100 · adds house price coverage · rent +$13/wk

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

Willunga South better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +200 · adds house price coverage · rent -$5/wk

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

Sellicks Hill FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Sellicks Hill in?

    Sellicks Hill is in the Onkaparinga Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5174. Council-level context for Onkaparinga LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Sellicks Hill?

    The median weekly rent in Sellicks Hill is $280/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Sellicks Hill a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Sellicks Hill 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 Sellicks Hill?

    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 Sellicks Hill 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.