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Suburb profile ·Wattle Range LGA · SA ·5280

Tantanoola SA 5280

Tantanoola is in Wattle Range LGA, SA, postcode 5280, with population 457.

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
$330/wk
Rent context available
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
12,378
12K via Wattle Range LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,872
118 added 12mo · 12MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$900
Median rent · wk$160

Affordability

26%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $900/mo, while renters pay about $1,430/mo — renting runs $530/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$67K
Median rent · wk
$330
Owner mortgage · mo
$900

Household income

$67K household · yr-11.1% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$33K
Family
$91K
Household
$67K
Crime 2024-25
5
1,094 per 100k
D1 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,094
Total incidents5· 2024-25
  • Assault00%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud1100%

Full data detail

Tantanoola SA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in South Australia within the Wattle Range local government area, Tantanoola is a quiet locality (postcode 5280). It is home to about 457 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $67K 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 +0.1% 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 healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $330. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $900.

The crime rate in the Wattle Range LGA is low at 1,094 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.1% 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+0.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$900
Rent · wk(Census)$160
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$330
Population growth · Wattle Range LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)12,378
5-year growth+0.5% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Wattle Range LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)28
Houses24
Units4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Wattle Range LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change+1.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5280ATO
Negatively geared206 (4.7% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,888/yr
Landlords (rental income)491
Reported capital gains340
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population457
Median age49
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,287
Personal income · wk$638
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining0
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Tantanoola works as a starting read but 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 · 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 Tantanoola 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.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

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

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

Kalangadoo most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$169/wk

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

Nangwarry most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$170/wk

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

Mount Burr most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -100 · rent -$185/wk

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

Tantanoola FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Tantanoola in?

    Tantanoola is in the Wattle Range Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5280. Council-level context for Wattle Range LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Tantanoola?

    The median weekly rent in Tantanoola is $330/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Tantanoola?

    Rent context available: Tantanoola 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 Tantanoola a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Tantanoola 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 Tantanoola?

    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 Tantanoola 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.