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Suburb profile ·Grant LGA · SA ·5291

Wandilo SA 5291

Wandilo is in Grant LGA, SA, postcode 5291, with population 194.

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.

$420/wk
Jun 2025 → Mar 2026 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$600
$420
Jun 2025Mar 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

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
$420/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
9,223
9K via Grant LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,180
142 added 12mo · 19MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,800
Median rent · wk$200
Investor profile

Who invests in Wandilo

Owner-occupied 90%Rented 10%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.2%
299 of 705 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,276/yr
Landlords (rental income)705
Reported capital gains433
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

94% of homes here are owner-occupied and 10% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

94% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

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

Affordability

22%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,800/mo, while renters pay about $1,820/mo — renting runs $20/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$100K
Median rent · wk
$420
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,800

Household income

$100K household · yr+32.3% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$46K
Family
$108K
Household
$100K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
5
$650-999
4
$1,000-1,499
14
$1,500-1,999
5
$2,000-2,999
14
$3,000-3,999
3
$4,000+
5

At the median asking rent, about 41% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,400/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (67 households)
Owned outright
43%
Owned with mortgage
51%
Rented
10%
Dwelling structure3.9% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 80% drive, 0% public transport, 8% walk or cycle, 9% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
7
3,608 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,608
Total incidents7· 2024-25
  • Assault00%
  • Break And Enter1100%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

6,329 people · 20226,180 by 2032 (-2.4%)

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

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

Wandilo (postcode 5291) is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Grant local government area. With a population of 194, the suburb has an established family demographic with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $100K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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, clerical & administrative, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The current median weekly rent is $420. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,800.

The crime rate in the Grant LGA is below average at 3,608 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,800
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$420
Population growth · Grant LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)9,223
5-year growth+1% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Grant LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)30
Houses30
YoY change+0%
Employment · Grant LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+1.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5291ATO
Negatively geared5.2%
299 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,276/yr
Landlords (rental income)705
Reported capital gains433
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population194
Median age40
Household size2.8
HH income · wk$1,916
Personal income · wk$875
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,339 → $1,916
Change+43.1%
vs SA median+24.3 pp
Median rent+81.8%
gentrifyingvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Aged care · Grant LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places42
The Oaks Aged Care Facility42 places
Childcare · Grant LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places90
Exceeding NQS0
Moorak Preschool40 places
Kirinari Kindergarten30 places
Allendale East Area School OSHC20 places
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Wandilo is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.

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 · 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 Wandilo 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Kongorong most similar
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pop same · rent -$220/wk

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pop same · rent -$227/wk

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Mount Schank most similar
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Wandilo FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Wandilo in?

    Wandilo is in the Grant Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5291. Council-level context for Grant LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Wandilo?

    The median weekly rent in Wandilo is $420/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Wandilo?

    Rent context available: Wandilo 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 Wandilo a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Wandilo?

    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 Wandilo 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.