Direk is in Salisbury LGA, SA, postcode 5110, with population 913.
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56% of homes here are owner-occupied and 44% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.
A balanced 56% owner-occupier / 44% renter mix.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
New-loan repayment $3,846/mo vs median rent $2,362/mo (+63% · +$343/wk)
At 4.2%: $3,071/mo (-775) · at 6.2% (current): $3,846/mo · at 8.2%: $4,696/mo (+850)
Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.
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This suburb 9.0x · SA median 13.4x — more affordable than the SA typical
Nationally · more affordable to buy than 64% of AU suburbs
This suburb 32% · SA median 18%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 4% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,487/mo, while renters pay about $2,362/mo — renting runs $875/mo higher on these medians.
Serviceability line: a household needs about $2,959/wk to hold a new loan on the median house at 30% of income (20% deposit, 30-year P&I, current RBA rate).
At the median asking rent, about 55% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,817/wk income).
Getting to work: 92% drive, 1% public transport, 1% walk or cycle, 5% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
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Located in South Australia within the Salisbury local government area, Direk is a small locality (postcode 5110). It is home to about 913 residents, with a predominantly early-career demographic and a median age of 28. Households earn a median income of $87K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.3% 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 labourers, community & personal service, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median house price in Direk is $785,000, having edged higher by 1.3% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $545. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,487.
The crime rate in the Salisbury LGA is moderate at 7,119 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Direk shows a gross rental yield of approximately 3.6%, rated as moderate yield. Property prices are near the state median ($785K/$980K). The price-to-income ratio of 9.0x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +1.3% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Direk is in the Salisbury Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5110. Council-level context for Salisbury LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Direk, SA is $785K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Direk is $545/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Direk 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.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Direk show: Moderate Yield, Near Median, Moderate. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.