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Suburb profile ·Light LGA · SA ·5352

Stone Well SA 5352

Stone Well is in Light LGA, SA, postcode 5352, with population 110.

Limited data

Thin-context

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$495/wk
Jun 2025 → Mar 2026 · 3 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$650
$495
Jun 2025Mar 2026
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
$495/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
17,317
17K via Light LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,803
146 added 12mo · 14MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,777
Median rent · wk$390
Investor profile

Who invests in Stone Well

Owner-occupied 83%Rented 17%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.8%
193 of 459 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,932/yr
Landlords (rental income)459
Reported capital gains436
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

97% of homes here are owner-occupied and 20% rented, with 6% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

97% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

29%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,777/mo, while renters pay about $2,145/mo — renting runs $368/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$88K
Median rent · wk
$495
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,777

Household income

$88K household · yr+16.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$42K
Family
$98K
Household
$88K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (35 households)
Owned outright
60%
Owned with mortgage
37%
Rented
20%
Dwelling structure
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 82% drive, 0% public transport, 9% walk or cycle, 21% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Population outlook

10,184 people · 202210,874 by 2032 (+6.8%)

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

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

Located in South Australia within the Light local government area, Stone Well is a small, quiet locality (postcode 5352). The area has roughly 110 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $88K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.5% 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, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are Australian, German, English.

The current median weekly rent is $495. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,777.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.5% 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+1.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,777
Rent · wk(Census)$390
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$495
Population growth · Light LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)17,317
5-year growth+1.8% CAGR
YoY change+1.5%
20012025
Development · Light LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)195
Houses195
YoY change+0%
Employment · Light LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.7%
YoY change+0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5352ATO
Negatively geared5.8%
193 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,932/yr
Landlords (rental income)459
Reported capital gains436
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population110
Median age46
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$1,687
Personal income · wk$812
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,666 → $1,687
Change+1.3%
vs SA median-17.5 pp
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Light LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Kapunda Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Light LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places79
Wheatfields Incorporated53 places
Kapunda Homes26 places
Childcare · Light LGAACECQA
Services12
Approved places714
Exceeding NQS4
Stepping Stone Hewett Childcare & Early Development Centre130 places
Happy Haven OSHC Hewett75 places
Trinity College OSHC Roseworthy75 places
Roseworthy ELC70 places
Up N Grow Early Learning Centre65 places
Happy Haven OSHC Freeling55 places
+6 more in Light LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Stone Well is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.

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 using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

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
SA Housing Authority / CBS · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
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 Well 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 lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Stone Well FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Stone Well in?

    Stone Well is in the Light Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5352. Council-level context for Light LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Stone Well?

    The median weekly rent in Stone Well is $495/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Stone Well?

    Rent context available: Stone Well 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.

  4. Is Stone Well a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Stone Well?

    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.

  6. How often is the Stone Well 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.