Padthaway SA 5271
Padthaway is in Tatiara LGA, SA, postcode 5271, with population 321.
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Padthaway has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Padthaway 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
Padthaway has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $300/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Padthaway has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
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Market rent, Crime, Schools, Population growth
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Hospitals, Transport
Padthaway 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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Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Property prices, Transport
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Padthaway SA
Padthaway is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Tatiara local government area (postcode 5271). With a population of 321, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $66K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.1% 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, labourers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The current median weekly rent is $300. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $498.
Padthaway is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 977, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Tatiara LGA is low at 935 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.1% year-on-year indicates declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Padthaway is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Tatiara local government area (postcode 5271). With a population of 321, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $66K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.1% 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, labourers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The current median weekly rent is $300. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $498.
Padthaway is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 977, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Tatiara LGA is low at 935 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.1% year-on-year indicates declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Padthaway FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Padthaway in?
Padthaway is in the Tatiara Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5271. Council-level context for Tatiara 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 Padthaway?
The median weekly rent in Padthaway is $300/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 Padthaway?
Rent context available: Padthaway 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 Padthaway a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Padthaway 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 Padthaway?
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 Padthaway 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.