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Suburb profile ·Port Pirie LGA · SA ·5523

Wandearah East SA 5523

Wandearah East is in Port Pirie LGA, SA, postcode 5523, with population 95.

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.

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. 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
Market rent signal
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
545
28 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,079
Median rent · wk$400
Investor profile

Who invests in Wandearah East

Owner-occupied 100%Rented 0%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared6.3%
67 of 160 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,154/yr
Landlords (rental income)160
Reported capital gains131
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

121% of homes here are owner-occupied and 0% rented, with 6% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

121% 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

23%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,079/mo, while renters pay about $1,733/mo — renting runs $654/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$92K
Median rent · wk
$400
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,079

Household income

$92K household · yr+22.2% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$32K
Family
$94K
Household
$92K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (34 households)
Owned outright
85%
Owned with mortgage
35%
Rented
0%
Dwelling structure16.3% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 46% drive, 0% public transport, 10% walk or cycle, 40% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime 2024-25
1
1,053 per 100k
D1 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,053
Total incidents1· 2024-25
  • Assault0
  • Break And Enter0
  • Drug Offences0
  • Fraud0

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
Wandearah East SA — Property Data and Demographics

Wandearah East is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Port Pirie local government area (postcode 5523). With a population of 95, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $92K 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 +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, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $400 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,079.

The crime rate in the Port Pirie LGA is low at 1,053 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$1,079
Rent · wk(Census)$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 5523ATO
Negatively geared6.3%
67 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,154/yr
Landlords (rental income)160
Reported capital gains131
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population95
Median age49
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$1,770
Personal income · wk$617
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,624 → $1,770
Change+9%
vs SA median-9.8 pp
softeningvs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
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
Verify-heavy evidence

Wandearah East depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

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 falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
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 Wandearah East 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 lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Coonamia most similar
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pop same · rent -$150/wk

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

Bungama most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$100/wk

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

Nelshaby most similar
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pop +100 · rent -$105/wk

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

Wandearah East FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Wandearah East in?

    Wandearah East is in the Port Pirie Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5523. 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 Wandearah East?

    The median weekly rent in Wandearah East is $400/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Wandearah East a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Wandearah East?

    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 Wandearah East 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.