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Suburb profile ·Port Adelaide Enfield LGA · SA ·5018

Outer Harbor SA 5018

Outer Harbor is in Port Adelaide Enfield LGA, SA, postcode 5018, with population 13.

Median house No local house series
Median rent $102/wk Market rent signal
Gross yield Need rent + price
Population 13 13 local footprint
Schools No matched school data
Decision trust

Verify-heavy evidence

Outer Harbor depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Property prices, Schools, and Hospitals.

4
Available
1
Verify
3
Missing
Development momentum

911 latest-year approvals in Port Adelaide Enfield, +0.0% YoY; population +1.2% YoY (1.5% 5yr).

Open development signals
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Current status
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Source & freshness

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.

Release-based suburb price series, not a live market feed

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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
ABS Data by Region and processed state datasets · Release-based series
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · 2024-25 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · 12 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Census rent fallback or low-confidence hospital matching.
Evidence depth
Verify-heavy evidence

Outer Harbor depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Property prices, Schools, and Hospitals.

Next step

Verify fallback signals manually and compare against stronger nearby suburbs before treating this as a shortlist candidate.

Direct
4

Crime, Transport, Population growth, Building approvals

Verify
1

Market rent

Missing
3

Property prices, Schools, Hospitals

Decision intelligence
Thin-context

Outer Harbor currently reads as a thin-context candidate.

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.

Recommended next step

Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.

Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Decisive gaps

Property prices, Schools

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Use as context

Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Outer Harbor 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 and hospital coverage.

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

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market 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

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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Angle Park better covered
better market coverage

pop +1500 · adds house price coverage · rent +$97/wk

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

Ferryden Park better covered
better market coverage

pop +4500 · adds house price coverage · rent +$140/wk

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

Taperoo better covered
better market coverage

pop +3200 · adds house price coverage · rent +$148/wk

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

Why people look here Intent
  • Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
  • Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
  • Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
Local signals Mixed
Schools: No local school matches exposed.
Crime: 92,308 per 100k at the Port Adelaide Enfield LGA level.
Transport: 12 matched stops/stations across local feeds.

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$102

Full data detail

Outer Harbor SA

Postcode 5018 · Port Adelaide Enfield LGA

Outer Harbor is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Port Adelaide Enfield local government area (postcode 5018). With a population of 13, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 66. Households earn a median income of $56K per year, with an average household size of 1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.2% 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 top ancestries reported are English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $102 (Census 2021).

Public transport access includes 2 rail stations, 10 bus stops. The crime rate in the Port Adelaide Enfield LGA is higher than average at 92,308 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.2% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Investment signals
Pop. Growth+1.2% Stable
Development+0% Steady
Census 2021 (ABS)
Median rent /wk
$102
Population
13
Demographics
Median age66
Household size1
HH income /wk$1,074
Personal income /wk$762
Mortgage /mth
Top ancestry
Crime (Port Adelaide Enfield LGA)
Crime rate (per 100k)92,308
Total incidents12
Transport
Rail stations2
Bus stops10
Outer Harbor Railway Station
Stop School Oliver Rogers Rd / Outer Harbor Railway
Population growth (Port Adelaide Enfield LGA)
Population (2025)143,022
5-year growth+1.5% CAGR
YoY change+1.2%
Development (Port Adelaide Enfield LGA)
Approvals (2026)911
Houses439
Units472
YoY change+0%
Data status
Property prices
Processed price datasets
Missing
Market rent
State rent dataset · No market rent source linked
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · 2024-25 · LGA-level dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW
Missing
Transport
GTFS · Stop-level feed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual series
Available
Available means a local dataset is present. Verify means coverage exists but location confidence is limited.
Data: 2024-25
Sources: ABS Census 2021 · ABS dwelling prices · State Valuers General · ATO income · ACARA schools · AIHW hospitals · GTFS · state police

Outer Harbor FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Outer Harbor in?

    Outer Harbor is in the Port Adelaide Enfield Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5018. Council-level context for Port Adelaide Enfield LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Outer Harbor?

    The median weekly rent in Outer Harbor is $102/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Outer Harbor a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Outer Harbor?

    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.

  5. How often is the Outer Harbor 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.