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Suburb profile ·Copper Coast LGA · SA ·5558

Yelta SA 5558

Yelta is in Copper Coast LGA, SA, postcode 5558, with population 21.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
16,601
17K via Copper Coast LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,492
136 added 12mo · 14MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,517
Median rent · wk

Household income

$18K household · yr-75.8% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$30K
Family
$53K
Household
$18K
Crime 2024-25
1
4,762 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,762
Total incidents1· 2024-25
  • Assault00%
  • Break And Enter1100%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Full data detail

Yelta SA — Property Data and Demographics

Yelta is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Copper Coast local government area (postcode 5558). With a population of 21, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 58. Households earn a median income of $18K 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 +1.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 23 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 11 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, community & personal service. The top ancestries reported are Australian, Irish, English.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,517.

The crime rate in the Copper Coast LGA is moderate at 4,762 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.6% 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+1.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,517
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Copper Coast LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)16,601
5-year growth+1.9% CAGR
YoY change+1.6%
20012025
Development · Copper Coast LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)135
Houses129
Units6
YoY change+0%
Employment · Copper Coast LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7.4%
YoY change+1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5558ATO
Negatively geared126 (4.7% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,802/yr
Landlords (rental income)342
Reported capital gains261
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population21
Median age58
Household size1.8
HH income · wk$350
Personal income · wk$575
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Top industriesCensus
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Yelta as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 Yelta 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.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Lean on nearby suburbs, rankings, and the state hub for stronger comparables before treating this as a shortlist call.

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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Thrington better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Jericho better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Kooroona most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Yelta FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Yelta in?

    Yelta is in the Copper Coast Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5558. Council-level context for Copper Coast LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Yelta a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Yelta?

    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.

  4. How often is the Yelta 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.