Tailem Bend SA 5260
Tailem Bend is in Coorong LGA, SA, postcode 5260, with population 1,705.
Strong evidence
Tailem Bend has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Hospitals. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Tailem Bend 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
Tailem Bend has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $324/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Tailem Bend has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Hospitals. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
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Market rent, Crime, Schools, Hospitals
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Property prices
Tailem Bend currently reads as a affordability-first candidate.
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Property prices
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Tailem Bend SA
Tailem Bend is a small community in South Australia within the Coorong local government area (postcode 5260). With a population of 1,705, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $47K 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 -0.1% 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 labourers, sales, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.
The current median weekly rent is $324. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $867.
Tailem Bend is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 894, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Coorong LGA is moderate at 5,044 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.
Tailem Bend is a small community in South Australia within the Coorong local government area (postcode 5260). With a population of 1,705, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $47K 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 -0.1% 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 labourers, sales, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.
The current median weekly rent is $324. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $867.
Tailem Bend is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 894, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Coorong LGA is moderate at 5,044 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.
Tailem Bend FAQ
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What LGA is Tailem Bend in?
Tailem Bend is in the Coorong Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5260. Council-level context for Coorong 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 Tailem Bend?
The median weekly rent in Tailem Bend is $324/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 Tailem Bend?
Rent context available: Tailem Bend 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 Tailem Bend a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Tailem Bend 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 Tailem Bend?
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 Tailem Bend 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.