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Suburb profile ·Coorong LGA · SA ·5266

Tintinara SA 5266

Tintinara is in Coorong LGA, SA, postcode 5266, with population 544.

The read

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$300/wk
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 3 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$300
$300
Mar 2025Mar 2026
What to check

Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$300/wk
Rent context available
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
544
544 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
182
7 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$813
Median rent · wk$150
Investor profile

Who invests in Tintinara

Owner-occupied 70%Rented 30%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.5%
14 of 64 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,192/yr
Landlords (rental income)64
Reported capital gains53
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

59% of homes here are owner-occupied and 25% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 59% owner-occupier / 25% renter mix.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

21%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $813/mo, while renters pay about $1,300/mo — renting runs $487/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$76K
Median rent · wk
$300
Owner mortgage · mo
$813

Household income

$76K household · yr+0.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$44K
Family
$94K
Household
$76K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
21
$650-999
30
$1,000-1,499
44
$1,500-1,999
40
$2,000-2,999
23
$3,000-3,999
19
$4,000+
11

At the median asking rent, about 27% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,000/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (205 households)
Owned outright
41%
Owned with mortgage
18%
Rented
25%
Dwelling structure16.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
98%
Townhouse / semi
2%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 68% drive, 0% public transport, 10% walk or cycle, 20% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA1000
Students101
Government1
  • Tintinara Area SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 1000

Livability

25/ 100 livability index

Top 75% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 25% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access43
Public transport (1 stops)12
Schools & hospitals25

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Crime 2024-25
3
551 per 100k
D1 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k551
Total incidents3· 2024-25
  • Assault1100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

5,578 people · 20225,289 by 2032 (-5.2%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the The Coorong SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Tintinara SA — Property Data and Demographics

Tintinara (postcode 5266) is a close-knit residential community in South Australia within the Coorong local government area. It is home to about 544 residents, with a blend of families and working-age professionals and a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $76K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 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 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 managers, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The current median weekly rent is $300. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $813.

Tintinara is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 1000, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Coorong LGA is low at 551 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.1% 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-0.1% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$813
Rent · wk(Census)$150
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$300
Population growth · Coorong LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)5,627
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change-0.1%
20012025
Development · Coorong LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)24
Houses24
YoY change+0%
Employment · Coorong LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.4%
YoY change+1.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5266ATO
Negatively geared3.5%
14 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,192/yr
Landlords (rental income)64
Reported capital gains53
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population544
Median age35
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,455
Personal income · wk$855
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,244 → $1,455
Change+17%
vs SA median-1.8 pp
Median rent+36.4%
stablevs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations3
Cafes & dining1
TransportGTFS
Bus stops1
Hospitals · Coorong LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Meningie and Districts Memorial Hospital and Health Servicespublic
Tailem Bend District Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Coorong LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places64
Jallarah Homes30 places
Tailem Bend Multi-Purpose Service24 places
Meningie Multi-Purpose Service10 places
Childcare · Coorong LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places142
Exceeding NQS2
Tailem Bend Kindergarten40 places
Lake Albert Learning Centre30 places
Meningie Preschool30 places
Coomandook and Districts Kindergarten23 places
Tintinara Preschool19 places · in suburb
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Tintinara carries enough direct local evidence for a first-pass 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 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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · 1 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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.

Tintinara FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Tintinara in?

    Tintinara is in the Coorong Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5266. Council-level context for Coorong LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Tintinara?

    The median weekly rent in Tintinara is $300/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Tintinara?

    Rent context available: Tintinara 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 Tintinara a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Tintinara?

    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 Tintinara 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.