Altona is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Barossa local government area (postcode 5351). The area has roughly 114 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $76K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 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 +1.6% 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, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The median weekly rent is $350 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,733.
The crime rate in the Barossa LGA is below average at 2,632 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, 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.