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Suburb profile ·Unincorporated SA LGA · SA ·5345

Spectacle Lake SA 5345

Spectacle Lake is in Unincorporated SA LGA, SA, postcode 5345, with population 5.

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.

What to check

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
3,001
3K via Unincorporated SA LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,133
48 added 12mo · 8MW

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

Household income

$38K household · yr-49.9% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$21K
Family
$38K
Household
$38K

Population outlook

6,543 people · 20226,724 by 2032 (+2.8%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Barmera SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Spectacle Lake SA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in South Australia within the Unincorporated SA local government area, Spectacle Lake is a quiet locality (postcode 5345). The area has roughly 5 residents and a blend of families and working-age professionals, with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $38K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -1.0% 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.

On the investment side, Population growth of -1.0% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-1.0% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Unincorporated SA LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)3,001
5-year growth-1.5% CAGR
YoY change-1%
20012025
Development · Unincorporated SA LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Unincorporated SA LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)9.8%
YoY change+5.7pp
Mar-20Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5345ATO
Negatively geared4.4%
87 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,241/yr
Landlords (rental income)257
Reported capital gains138
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population5
Median age34
Household size3
HH income · wk$725
Personal income · wk$399
Persons / bedroom1.5
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Area & amenity
Aged care · Unincorporated SA LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places0
Tullawon Aged CareNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Program
Childcare · Unincorporated SA LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places126
Exceeding NQS2
Marree Preschool30 places
Yalata Preschool30 places
Penong Preschool28 places
Andamooka Rural Children's Centre for Early Childhood Development and Parenting23 places
Leigh Creek Kindergarten15 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Spectacle Lake is a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 Spectacle Lake 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 main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Use nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings to find stronger comparables before turning this locality into a shortlist 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 Spectacle Lake feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Motpena better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

Chowilla most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Koonamore most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Spectacle Lake FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Spectacle Lake in?

    Spectacle Lake is in the Unincorporated SA Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5345. Council-level context for Unincorporated SA LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Spectacle Lake a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Spectacle Lake show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Spectacle Lake?

    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.

  4. How often is the Spectacle Lake 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.