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Suburb profile ·Wudinna LGA · SA ·5654

Mount Damper SA 5654

Mount Damper is in Wudinna LGA, SA, postcode 5654, with population 37.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,171
1K via Wudinna LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
76
4 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$4,000
Median rent · wk

Household income

$110K household · yr+46.7% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$44K
Family
$123K
Household
$110K

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

2,173 people · 20222,244 by 2032 (+3.3%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Le Hunte - Elliston SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Mount Damper SA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in South Australia within the Wudinna local government area, Mount Damper is a small, quiet locality (postcode 5654). With a population of 37, the suburb has a blend of families and working-age professionals with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $110K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% 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, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $4,000.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.2% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$4,000
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Wudinna LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,171
5-year growth-0.2% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Wudinna LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)2
Houses2
YoY change+0%
Employment · Wudinna LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4%
YoY change+1.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5654ATO
Negatively geared1.6%
2 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,866/yr
Landlords (rental income)12
Reported capital gains8
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population37
Median age34
Household size3.2
HH income · wk$2,124
Personal income · wk$850
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,499 → $2,124
Change+41.7%
vs SA median+22.9 pp
gentrifyingvs SA 2016–21
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Wudinna LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Wudinna Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Wudinna LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places12
Wudinna Multi-Purpose Service12 places
Childcare · Wudinna LGAACECQA
Services2
Approved places49
Exceeding NQS1
Wudinna RSL Memorial Kindergarten30 places
Karcultaby Preschool19 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Mount Damper as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
SA metropolitan median house sales · Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage
stable source · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Mount Damper 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.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Use nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings to find stronger comparables before turning this locality into a shortlist decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Mount Damper feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Karcultaby better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Kyancutta better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Pygery better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Mount Damper FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mount Damper in?

    Mount Damper is in the Wudinna Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5654. Council-level context for Wudinna LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Mount Damper a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Mount Damper show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Mount Damper?

    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.

  4. How often is the Mount Damper 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.