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Suburb profile ·Yorke Peninsula LGA · SA ·5576

Yorketown SA 5576

Yorketown is in Yorke Peninsula LGA, SA, postcode 5576, with population 997.

The read

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$310/wk
Falling
-9.0% YoY
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 5 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$380
$310
Mar 2025Mar 2026
What to check

Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$310/wk
Rent context available
9.0%YoY D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
997
997 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
2
Matched school context
D8 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
416
22 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$915
Median rent · wk$200
Investor profile

Who invests in Yorketown

Owner-occupied 77%Rented 23%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.4%
35 of 90 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,774/yr
Landlords (rental income)90
Reported capital gains64
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

74% of homes here are owner-occupied and 22% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

74% 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

33%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $915/mo, while renters pay about $1,343/mo — renting runs $428/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$49K
Median rent · wk
$310
Owner mortgage · mo
$915

Household income

$49K household · yr-34.5% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$29K
Family
$73K
Household
$49K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
23
$300-649
85
$650-999
79
$1,000-1,499
68
$1,500-1,999
34
$2,000-2,999
41
$3,000-3,999
16
$4,000+
20

At the median asking rent, about 52% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,033/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (414 households)3.6% social housing
Owned outright
51%
Owned with mortgage
23%
Rented
22%
Dwelling structure14.1% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
96%
Townhouse / semi
2%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 72% drive, 0% public transport, 14% walk or cycle, 11% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total2
Avg ICSEA962
Students299
Catholic1
Government1
  • Yorketown Area SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 940
  • St Columba's Memorial SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 984

Livability

52/ 100 livability index

Top 48% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 52% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access40
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals71

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Crime 2024-25
10
1,003 per 100k
D1 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,003
Total incidents10· 2024-25
  • Assault240%
  • Break And Enter360%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

4,267 people · 20224,303 by 2032 (+0.8%)

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

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

Located in South Australia within the Yorke Peninsula local government area, Yorketown is a small locality (postcode 5576). It is home to about 997 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $49K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% 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, technicians & trades, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The current median weekly rent is $310. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $915.

Yorketown is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 962, which is around the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Yorke Peninsula LGA is low at 1,003 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.7% 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+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$915
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$310
Population growth · Yorke Peninsula LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)12,242
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Yorke Peninsula LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)78
Houses78
YoY change+0%
Employment · Yorke Peninsula LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)6.8%
YoY change+1.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5576ATO
Negatively geared5.4%
35 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,774/yr
Landlords (rental income)90
Reported capital gains64
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population997
Median age53
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$949
Personal income · wk$567
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$850 → $949
Change+11.6%
vs SA median-7.2 pp
Median rent+5.3%
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations2
Cafes & dining0
Hospitals · Yorke Peninsula LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Central Yorke Peninsula Hospital (Maitland)public
Southern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Yorketown)public · in suburb
Aged care · Yorke Peninsula LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places146
Eldercare The Village60 places
Melaleuca Court Nursing Home35 places
Ardrossan Community Hostel33 places
Eldercare - South Park Minlaton18 places
Childcare · Yorke Peninsula LGAACECQA
Services8
Approved places311
Exceeding NQS3
Minlaton Family Centre82 places
Central Yorke Early Learning Centre41 places
Minlaton District Early Learning Centre40 places
Maitland Family Centre39 places
Yorketown Community Children's Centre34 places · in suburb
Yorketown Area School OSHC30 places · in suburb
+2 more in Yorke Peninsula LGA
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Yorketown carries enough direct local evidence for a first-pass 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 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 · 2 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · 1 hospitals matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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.

Yorketown FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Yorketown in?

    Yorketown is in the Yorke Peninsula Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5576. Council-level context for Yorke Peninsula LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Yorketown?

    The median weekly rent in Yorketown is $310/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Yorketown?

    Rent context available: Yorketown 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 Yorketown a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Yorketown 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 Yorketown?

    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 Yorketown 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.