Thompson Beach (postcode 5501) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Adelaide Plains local government area. It is home to about 219 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $53K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.8% 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 machinery operators & drivers, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $650. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,018.
The crime rate in the Adelaide Plains LGA is moderate at 6,849 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +3.8% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.