Located in South Australia within the Mount Barker local government area, Totness is a small, quiet locality (postcode 5250). With a population of 96, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $123K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.2% 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 technicians & trades, professionals, managers. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $190 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,100.
Public transport access includes 6 bus stops. The crime rate in the Mount Barker LGA is higher than average at 50,000 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +3.2% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.