Located in South Australia within the Onkaparinga local government area, Lonsdale is a small, quiet locality (postcode 5160). It is home to about 23 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $38K per year, with an average household size of 1.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% 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 community & personal service, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
Lonsdale has a median house price of $2.5 million, holding roughly steady year-on-year. The median weekly rent is $190 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 0.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
Public transport access includes 1 rail station, 21 bus stops. The crime rate in the Onkaparinga LGA is higher than average at 613,043 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Gross rental yield sits at around 0.4% (low yield). Property prices are above the state median ($2.5M/$980K), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 67.6x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.9% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.