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Suburb profile ·Adelaide Plains LGA · SA ·5501

Webb Beach SA 5501

Webb Beach is in Adelaide Plains LGA, SA, postcode 5501, with population 40.

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

Population movement supports a growth-led 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
$180/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
11,736
12K via Adelaide Plains LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
3,437
321 added 12mo · 29MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$702
Median rent · wk$180

Affordability

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $702/mo, while renters pay about $780/mo — renting runs $78/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$44K
Median rent · wk
$180
Owner mortgage · mo
$702

Household income

$44K household · yr-41.4% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$28K
Family
$62K
Household
$44K

Population outlook

3,445 people · 20223,641 by 2032 (+5.7%)

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

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

Located in South Australia within the Adelaide Plains local government area, Webb Beach is a quiet locality (postcode 5501). With a population of 40, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $44K 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 technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers, managers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median weekly rent is $180 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $702.

On the investment side, 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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+3.8% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$702
Rent · wk(Census)$180
Population growth · Adelaide Plains LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)11,736
5-year growth+3.9% CAGR
YoY change+3.8%
20012025
Development · Adelaide Plains LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)99
Houses99
YoY change+0%
Employment · Adelaide Plains LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change+0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5501ATO
Negatively geared4.7%
259 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,540/yr
Landlords (rental income)558
Reported capital gains261
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population40
Median age57
Household size1.8
HH income · wk$849
Personal income · wk$537
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$700 → $849
Change+21.3%
vs SA median+2.5 pp
stablevs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Childcare · Adelaide Plains LGAACECQA
Services7
Approved places353
Exceeding NQS2
Xavier College OSHC Two Wells90 places
Stepping Stone Two Wells Childcare & Early Development Centre80 places
Two Wells Community Children's Centre60 places
Happy Haven OSHC Two Wells39 places
Mallala Preschool30 places
Two Wells Community Children's Centre Outreach Preschool30 places
+1 more in Adelaide Plains LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Webb Beach leans 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 Webb Beach 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 main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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 Webb Beach feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Calomba most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$20/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Long Plains most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$130/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Port Gawler most similar
similar rent profile

pop +100 · rent +$55/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Webb Beach FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Webb Beach in?

    Webb Beach is in the Adelaide Plains Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5501. Council-level context for Adelaide Plains LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Webb Beach?

    The median weekly rent in Webb Beach is $180/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Webb Beach a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Webb Beach?

    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 Webb Beach 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.