Scott Creek SA 5153
Scott Creek is in Adelaide Hills LGA, SA, postcode 5153, with population 225.
Strong evidence
Scott Creek 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.
Scott Creek 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
Scott Creek has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $450/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Scott Creek 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.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Market rent, Crime, Schools, Population growth
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Hospitals, Transport
Scott Creek currently reads as a livability-led candidate.
Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
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Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Property prices, Transport
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Scott Creek SA
Scott Creek is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Adelaide Hills local government area (postcode 5153). With a population of 225, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $113K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 professionals, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward construction and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The current median weekly rent is $450. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
Scott Creek is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1043, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Adelaide Hills LGA is below average at 2,667 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Scott Creek is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Adelaide Hills local government area (postcode 5153). With a population of 225, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $113K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 professionals, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward construction and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The current median weekly rent is $450. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
Scott Creek is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1043, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Adelaide Hills LGA is below average at 2,667 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Scott Creek FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Scott Creek in?
Scott Creek is in the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5153. Council-level context for Adelaide Hills 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 Scott Creek?
The median weekly rent in Scott Creek is $450/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 Scott Creek?
Rent context available: Scott Creek 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 Scott Creek a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Scott Creek show: Stable, 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 Scott Creek?
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 Scott Creek 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.