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Suburb profile ·Port Pirie LGA · SA ·5521

Redhill SA 5521

Redhill is in Port Pirie LGA, SA, postcode 5521, with population 147.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

$400/wk
Dec 2025 → Mar 2026 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$400
$330
Dec 2025Mar 2026
What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$400/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
17,664
18K via Port Pirie LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
44
0 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$602
Median rent · wk$175
Investor profile

Who invests in Redhill

Owner-occupied 83%Rented 17%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared7.9%
5 of 9 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,739/yr
Landlords (rental income)9
Reported capital gains8
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

72% of homes here are owner-occupied and 15% rented, with 8% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

72% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

44%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $602/mo, while renters pay about $1,733/mo — renting runs $1,131/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$48K
Median rent · wk
$400
Owner mortgage · mo
$602

Household income

$48K household · yr-36.7% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$26K
Family
$70K
Household
$48K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
19
$650-999
19
$1,000-1,499
12
$1,500-1,999
3
$2,000-2,999
11
$3,000-3,999
0
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 72% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,333/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (61 households)
Owned outright
56%
Owned with mortgage
16%
Rented
15%
Dwelling structure21.7% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
98%
Townhouse / semi
10%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 61% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 24% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
6
4,082 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,082
Total incidents6· 2024-25
  • Assault250%
  • Break And Enter125%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud125%

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

Check the property

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

Check the property

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

3,375 people · 20223,351 by 2032 (-0.7%)

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

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

Redhill is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Port Pirie local government area (postcode 5521). With a population of 147, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $48K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.0% 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, sales, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $400. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $602.

The crime rate in the Port Pirie LGA is moderate at 4,082 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.0% 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+0.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$602
Rent · wk(Census)$175
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$400
Population growth · Port Pirie LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)17,664
5-year growth-0.1% CAGR
YoY change+0%
20012025
Development · Port Pirie LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)39
Houses 90%Units 10%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Port Pirie LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)10.5%
YoY change+1.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5521ATO
Negatively geared7.9%
5 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,739/yr
Landlords (rental income)9
Reported capital gains8
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population147
Median age49
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$916
Personal income · wk$497
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$725 → $916
Change+26.3%
vs SA median+7.5 pp
Median rent+16.7%
gentrifyingvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining0
Hospitals · Port Pirie LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Crystal Brook and District Hospitalpublic
Port Pirie Regional Health Servicepublic
Aged care · Port Pirie LGAGEN
Facilities5
Residential places241
Helping Hand Aged Care - Lealholme Port Pirie90 places
St Joseph's House67 places
The Willochra Home42 places
Port Pirie Regional Health Service - Hammill House30 places
Crystal Brook Multi-Purpose Service12 places
Childcare · Port Pirie LGAACECQA
Services10
Approved places479
Exceeding NQS5
Edge Early Learning Port Pirie75 places
YMCA St Mark's College OSHC60 places
Port Pirie Child Care Centre54 places
Crystal Brook Kindergarten50 places
YMCA Airdale OSHC50 places
Solomontown Kindergarten45 places
+4 more in Port Pirie LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Redhill is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.

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
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

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
SA Housing Authority / CBS · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Crime
State crime dataset · 2024-25 · Area-level release dataset
Available
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 Redhill 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, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Port Pirie most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$227/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Koolunga most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$225/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Warnertown most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent -$160/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Redhill FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Redhill in?

    Redhill is in the Port Pirie Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5521. Council-level context for Port Pirie LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Redhill?

    The median weekly rent in Redhill is $400/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Redhill?

    Rent context available: Redhill 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.

  4. Is Redhill a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Redhill?

    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.

  6. How often is the Redhill 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.