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Suburb profile ·Orroroo Carrieton LGA · SA ·5431

Walloway SA 5431

Walloway is in Orroroo Carrieton LGA, SA, postcode 5431, with population 8.

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.

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$100/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
8
8 local footprint
D1 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
306
5 added 12mo · 2MW

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$100

Affordability

4%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$117K
Median rent · wk
$100

Household income

$117K household · yr+55.4% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$65K
Family
$221K
Household
$117K

Population outlook

5,436 people · 20225,214 by 2032 (-4.1%)

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

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

Walloway (postcode 5431) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Orroroo Carrieton local government area. With a population of 8, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $117K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.8% 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 median weekly rent is $100 (Census 2021).

From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.8% 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-0.8% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$100
Population growth · Orroroo Carrieton LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)884
5-year growth-0.2% CAGR
YoY change-0.8%
20012025
Development · Orroroo Carrieton LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)0
YoY change+0%
Employment · Orroroo Carrieton LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7.6%
YoY change+1.8pp
Mar-20Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5431ATO
Negatively geared4.6%
23 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,673/yr
Landlords (rental income)48
Reported capital gains67
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population8
Median age49
Household size2
HH income · wk$2,250
Personal income · wk$1,249
Persons / bedroom0.4
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)10/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Orroroo Carrieton LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Orroroo and District Health Servicepublic
Aged care · Orroroo Carrieton LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places26
Orroroo Community Home16 places
Orroroo Hospital Aged Care10 places
Childcare · Orroroo Carrieton LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places24
Exceeding NQS1
Orroroo Kindergarten24 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Walloway rests 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 · No linked local crime series
Missing
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 Walloway 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, transport stops, and crime coverage.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Walloway FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Walloway in?

    Walloway is in the Orroroo Carrieton Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5431. Council-level context for Orroroo Carrieton LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Walloway?

    The median weekly rent in Walloway is $100/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Walloway a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Walloway 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 Walloway?

    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 Walloway 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.