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Suburb profile ·Adelaide Hills LGA · SA ·5076

Castambul SA 5076

Castambul is in Adelaide Hills LGA, SA, postcode 5076, with population 18.

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

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
42,875
43K via Adelaide Hills LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,425
152 added 12mo · 15MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$3,900
Median rent · wk

Household income

$58K household · yr-22.4% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$32K
Family
$59K
Household
$58K
Crime 2024-25
1
5,556 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,556
Total incidents1· 2024-25
  • Assault1100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

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SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

6,183 people · 20226,880 by 2032 (+11.3%)

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

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

Located in South Australia within the Adelaide Hills local government area, Castambul is a quiet locality (postcode 5076). With a population of 18, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 70. Households earn a median income of $58K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 top ancestries reported are English, Australian.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,900.

The crime rate in the Adelaide Hills LGA is moderate at 5,556 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.0% 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+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$3,900
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Adelaide Hills LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)42,875
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Adelaide Hills LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)90
Houses90
YoY change+0%
Employment · Adelaide Hills LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.3%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5076ATO
Negatively geared6.4%
421 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,505/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,004
Reported capital gains708
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population18
Median age70
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,124
Personal income · wk$624
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)10/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,187 → $1,124
Change-5.3%
vs SA median-24.1 pp
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Adelaide Hills LGAAIHW
Public1
Private1
Gumeracha District Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalpublic
Stirling Hospitalprivate
Aged care · Adelaide Hills LGAGEN
Facilities7
Residential places308
Woodside Lodge102 places
Summerhill60 places
Torrens Valley Aged Care42 places
Restvale Hostel38 places
Bolton Clarke Hillside36 places
Estia Health Aldgate30 places
+1 more in Adelaide Hills LGA
Childcare · Adelaide Hills LGAACECQA
Services33
Approved places1,680
Exceeding NQS8
Rostrevor College Stepping Stone Early Learning Centre120 places
Stirling East Out of School Hours Care105 places
Aldgate Primary School OSHC75 places
Crafers Primary School OSHC75 places
The Ranges Early Learning and Care Centre - Stirling75 places
The Ranges Infant Toddler Centre75 places
+27 more in Adelaide Hills LGA
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Castambul 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 Castambul 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.

Use nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings to find stronger comparables before turning this locality into a shortlist 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

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

Horsnell Gully better covered
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pop same · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage

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

Chain Of Ponds better covered
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.

Bridgewater better covered
better market coverage

pop +3700 · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage

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

Castambul FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Castambul in?

    Castambul is in the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5076. Council-level context for Adelaide Hills LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Castambul a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Castambul 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 Castambul?

    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 Castambul 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.