Springton is in Barossa LGA, SA, postcode 5235, with population 680.
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Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,300/mo, while renters pay about $1,950/mo — renting runs $650/mo higher on these medians.
Located in South Australia within the Barossa local government area, Springton is a close-knit residential community (postcode 5235). The area has roughly 680 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $69K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% 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, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The current median weekly rent is $450. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.
Springton is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1006, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Barossa LGA is low at 1,912 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Springton carries enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
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Springton is in the Barossa Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5235. Council-level context for Barossa LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Springton is $450/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Springton has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Springton show: Stable, 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.