Hawker SA 5434
Hawker is in Flinders Ranges LGA, SA, postcode 5434, with population 301.
Strong evidence
Hawker has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Hospitals. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Hawker has usable rent context. No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
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Rent context available
Hawker has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $180/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Hawker has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Hospitals. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Market rent, Crime, Schools, Hospitals
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Transport
Hawker currently reads as a verify-first candidate.
The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
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No strong positive decision reason is visible yet.
Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Property prices, Transport
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Price history
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Full data detail
Hawker SA
Hawker is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Flinders Ranges local government area (postcode 5434). With a population of 301, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $60K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -1.0% 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 managers, community & personal service, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward construction and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Aboriginal Australian.
The current median weekly rent is $180. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $685.
Hawker is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 930, which is below the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Flinders Ranges LGA is below average at 3,322 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of -1.0% year-on-year indicates declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Hawker is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Flinders Ranges local government area (postcode 5434). With a population of 301, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $60K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -1.0% 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 managers, community & personal service, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward construction and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Aboriginal Australian.
The current median weekly rent is $180. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $685.
Hawker is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 930, which is below the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Flinders Ranges LGA is below average at 3,322 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of -1.0% year-on-year indicates declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Hawker FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Hawker in?
Hawker is in the Flinders Ranges Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5434. Council-level context for Flinders Ranges 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 Hawker?
The median weekly rent in Hawker is $180/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 Hawker?
Rent context available: Hawker 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 Hawker a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Hawker show: Declining, 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 Hawker?
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 Hawker 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.