Tarpeena is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Grant local government area (postcode 5277). The area has roughly 392 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $50K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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 labourers, machinery operators & drivers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $150 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $793.
The crime rate in the Grant LGA is moderate at 4,082 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.