Located in South Australia within the Clare and Gilbert Valleys local government area, Tarlee is a small, quiet locality (postcode 5411). With a population of 316, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $75K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +1.6% 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 machinery operators & drivers, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The median weekly rent is $260 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.
Tarlee is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 926, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Clare and Gilbert Valleys LGA is low at 949 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.2% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.