Suttontown SA 5291
Suttontown is in Mount Gambier LGA, SA, postcode 5291, with population 692.
Strong evidence
Suttontown 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.
Suttontown 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
Suttontown has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $610/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Suttontown 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
Suttontown 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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Price history
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Full data detail
Suttontown SA
Suttontown is a small community in South Australia within the Mount Gambier local government area (postcode 5291). With a population of 692, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 38. Households earn a median income of $121K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 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, technicians & trades, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $610. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,603.
Suttontown is served by 2 schools, including 2 primary. The average ICSEA score is 970, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Mount Gambier LGA is moderate at 6,214 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.1% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Suttontown is a small community in South Australia within the Mount Gambier local government area (postcode 5291). With a population of 692, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 38. Households earn a median income of $121K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 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, technicians & trades, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $610. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,603.
Suttontown is served by 2 schools, including 2 primary. The average ICSEA score is 970, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Mount Gambier LGA is moderate at 6,214 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.1% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Suttontown FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Suttontown in?
Suttontown is in the Mount Gambier Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5291. Council-level context for Mount Gambier 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 Suttontown?
The median weekly rent in Suttontown is $610/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 Suttontown?
Rent context available: Suttontown 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 Suttontown a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Suttontown 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 Suttontown?
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 Suttontown 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.