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Suburb profile ·Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA · SA ·5607

Tiatukia SA 5607

Tiatukia is in Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA, SA, postcode 5607, with population 367.

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.

$1100/wk
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 2 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$1100
$450
Mar 2025Mar 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$1100/wk
Rent-pressure candidate
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
367
367 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Drive to city
—
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,605
96 added 12mo · 11MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets
No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,560
Median rent · wk$320
Investor profile

Who invests in Tiatukia

Owner-occupied 97%Rented 3%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.4%
157 of 381 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,038/yr
Landlords (rental income)381
Reported capital gains270
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

99% of homes here are owner-occupied and 3% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

99% 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

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
51%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,560/mo, while renters pay about $4,767/mo — renting runs $3,207/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$112K
Median rent · wk
$1,100
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,560

Household income

ABS Census · ATO
$112K household · yr+48.3% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$54K
Family
$121K
Household
$112K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
3
$650-999
3
$1,000-1,499
12
$1,500-1,999
15
$2,000-2,999
28
$3,000-3,999
13
$4,000+
7

At the median asking rent, about 86% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $3,667/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

ABS Census 2021
Tenure (108 households)
Owned outright
39%
Owned with mortgage
60%
Rented
3%
Dwelling structure10.1% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 88% drive, 3% public transport, 2% walk or cycle, 8% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
3
817 per 100k
D1 vs AU

Crime

suburb
Rate · per 100k817
Total incidents3· 2024-25
  • Assault2100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

Code baseline only

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

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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

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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

ABS projection · Port Lincoln SA2 area · 2022 base
16,928 people · 202217,689 by 2032 (+4.5%)

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

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

Tiatukia (postcode 5607) is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Lower Eyre Peninsula local government area. It is home to about 367 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $112K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. 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 professionals, community & personal service, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The current median weekly rent is $1100. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,560.

The crime rate in the Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA is low at 817 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,560
Rent · wk(Census)$320
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$1100
Property investors · Postcode 5607ATO
Negatively geared5.4%
157 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,038/yr
Landlords (rental income)381
Reported capital gains270
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population367
Median age40
Household size3
HH income · wk$2,147
Personal income · wk$1,043
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,770 → $2,147
Change+21.3%
vs SA median+2.5 pp
Median rent+6.7%
stablevs SA 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Professionals41Community & Personal Service28Technicians & Trades27Clerical & Administrative26Machinery Operators & Drivers15
Top industriesCensus
Healthcare30Construction19Public Admin & Safety17Education14Agriculture13
Top ancestryCensus
English162Australian146German37Scottish33Irish31
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Lower Eyre Peninsula LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Cummins and District Memorial Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Lower Eyre Peninsula LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places22
Cummins Multi-Purpose Service22 places
Childcare · Lower Eyre Peninsula LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places96
Exceeding NQS1
Cummins Child Parent Centre44 places
Poonindie Early Childhood Centre30 places
Lake Wangary Preschool22 places
Nearby in Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA12
North Shields · 338Duck Ponds · 284Coffin Bay · 664Wangary · 203Boston · 1,169Coulta · 213Poonindie · 210Tulka · 126Louth Bay · 125Hawson · 119Point Boston · 62Mount Dutton Bay · 53
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Tiatukia as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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 · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
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 Tiatukia 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and population trend data.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals. 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

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.

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Stronger nearby reads

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pop -100 · rent -$900/wk

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

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Tiatukia FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Tiatukia in?

    Tiatukia is in the Lower Eyre Peninsula Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5607. Council-level context for Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Tiatukia?

    The median weekly rent in Tiatukia is $1100/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Tiatukia?

    Rent-pressure candidate: Tiatukia rents screen above the local benchmark. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Tiatukia?

    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.

  5. How often is the Tiatukia 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.