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Suburb profile ·Mount Remarkable LGA · SA ·5480

Stone Hut SA 5480

Stone Hut is in Mount Remarkable LGA, SA, postcode 5480, with population 30.

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

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
2,861
3K via Mount Remarkable LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
320
9 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$477
Median rent · wk

Household income

$43K household · yr-42.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$24K
Family
$50K
Household
$43K

Population outlook

4,701 people · 20224,560 by 2032 (-3.0%)

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

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Stone Hut SA — Property Data and Demographics

Stone Hut (postcode 5480) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Mount Remarkable local government area. The area has roughly 30 residents and an older demographic, with a median age of 69. Households earn a median income of $43K per year, with an average household size of 1.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.3% 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 top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $477.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.3% 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-0.3% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$477
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Mount Remarkable LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)2,861
5-year growth-0.3% CAGR
YoY change-0.3%
20012025
Development · Mount Remarkable LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)9
Houses9
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mount Remarkable LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7.5%
YoY change+1.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5480ATO
Negatively geared5.6%
27 of filers
Avg rental loss$2,968/yr
Landlords (rental income)52
Reported capital gains62
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population30
Median age69
Household size1.7
HH income · wk$833
Personal income · wk$457
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,124 → $833
Change-25.9%
vs SA median-44.7 pp
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining1
Hospitals · Mount Remarkable LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Booleroo Centre District Hospital and Health Servicespublic
Aged care · Mount Remarkable LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places30
Mt View Homes Inc30 places
Childcare · Mount Remarkable LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places60
Exceeding NQS0
Booleroo Centre & District Kindergarten28 places
Melrose Outreach Preschool19 places
Wilmington Preschool13 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Stone Hut 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 Stone Hut 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.

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

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

Lean on nearby suburbs, rankings, and the state hub for stronger comparables before treating this as a shortlist call.

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

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pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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Stone Hut FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Stone Hut in?

    Stone Hut is in the Mount Remarkable Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5480. Council-level context for Mount Remarkable LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Stone Hut a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Stone Hut 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 Stone Hut?

    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 Stone Hut 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.