Commissariat Point is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Port Augusta local government area (postcode 5700). It is home to about 243 residents, with an older demographic and a median age of 61. Households earn a median income of $63K per year, with an average household size of 1.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.1% 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, clerical & administrative, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward mining and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The median weekly rent is $250 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,509.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.1% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.