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Suburb profile ·Naracoorte Lucindale LGA · SA ·5271

The Gap SA 5271

The Gap is in Naracoorte Lucindale LGA, SA, postcode 5271, with population 26.

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

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. 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
$300/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
8,930
9K via Naracoorte Lucindale LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,645
78 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
Median rent · wk$300

Affordability

27%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$59K
Median rent · wk
$300

Household income

$59K household · yr-22.3% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$38K
Family
$62K
Household
$59K
Crime 2024-25
1
3,846 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,846
Total incidents1· 2024-25
  • Assault0
  • Break And Enter0
  • Drug Offences0
  • Fraud0

Full data detail

The Gap SA — Property Data and Demographics

The Gap is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Naracoorte Lucindale local government area (postcode 5271). It is home to about 26 residents, with a mix of young professionals and families and a median age of 37. Households earn a median income of $59K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 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 +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, technicians & trades. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021).

The crime rate in the Naracoorte Lucindale LGA is below average at 3,846 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.2% 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-0.2% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Population growth · Naracoorte Lucindale LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)8,930
5-year growth+0.1% CAGR
YoY change-0.2%
20012025
Development · Naracoorte Lucindale LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)10
Houses10
YoY change+0%
Employment · Naracoorte Lucindale LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.5%
YoY change+1.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5271ATO
Negatively geared215 (4.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,043/yr
Landlords (rental income)560
Reported capital gains448
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population26
Median age37
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$1,125
Personal income · wk$725
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

The Gap depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

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 falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
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 The Gap 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, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

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

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The Gap FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is The Gap in?

    The Gap is in the Naracoorte Lucindale Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5271. Council-level context for Naracoorte Lucindale LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in The Gap?

    The median weekly rent in The Gap is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is The Gap a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for The Gap?

    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.

  5. How often is the The Gap 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.