Goolwa South SA 5214
Goolwa South is in Alexandrina LGA, SA, postcode 5214, with population 1,041.
Usable evidence
Goolwa South is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Population growth, and Building approvals. Treat Property prices, Schools, and Hospitals as the main gap before this becomes a stronger decision page.
Goolwa South has usable rent context. No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Open matching rent ranking →256 latest-year approvals in Alexandrina, +0.0% YoY; population +1.6% YoY (2.0% 5yr).
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Rent context available
Goolwa South has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $478/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Goolwa South is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Population growth, and Building approvals. Treat Property prices, Schools, and Hospitals as the main gap before this becomes a stronger decision page.
Use compare before shortlisting so the missing evidence is balanced against nearby suburbs.
Market rent, Crime, Population growth, Building approvals
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Schools, Hospitals, Transport
Goolwa South currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.
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No strong positive decision reason is visible yet.
The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.
Property prices, Schools, Transport
Use as context
This page stays indexable because Goolwa South 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.
Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.
The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.
This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.
If Goolwa South feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop +300 · rent -$195/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
pop +300 · rent -$208/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
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Price history
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Full data detail
Goolwa South SA
Goolwa South is a small community in South Australia within the Alexandrina local government area (postcode 5214). With a population of 1,041, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 62. Households earn a median income of $50K per year, with an average household size of 1.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 23 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 11 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are community & personal service, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $478. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,134.
The crime rate in the Alexandrina LGA is below average at 3,170 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.6% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Goolwa South is a small community in South Australia within the Alexandrina local government area (postcode 5214). With a population of 1,041, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 62. Households earn a median income of $50K per year, with an average household size of 1.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 23 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 11 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are community & personal service, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $478. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,134.
The crime rate in the Alexandrina LGA is below average at 3,170 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.6% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Goolwa South FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Goolwa South in?
Goolwa South is in the Alexandrina Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5214. Council-level context for Alexandrina LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Goolwa South?
The median weekly rent in Goolwa South is $478/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about Goolwa South?
Rent context available: Goolwa South 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.
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Is Goolwa South a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Goolwa South show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Goolwa South?
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.
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How often is the Goolwa South 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.