Waterfall Gully SA 5066
Waterfall Gully is in Burnside LGA, SA, postcode 5066, with population 161.
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The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Schools, Hospitals, and Transport.
111 latest-year approvals in Burnside, +0.0% YoY; population +0.7% YoY (0.8% 5yr).
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Waterfall Gully depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.
The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Schools, Hospitals, and Transport.
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Property prices, Crime, Population growth, Building approvals
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Schools, Hospitals, Transport
Waterfall Gully currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read. 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.
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Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
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. Premium pricing raises the bar for yield, affordability, and downside checks.
Schools, Transport
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This page stays indexable because Waterfall Gully 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.
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The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
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This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.
If Waterfall Gully feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop +100 · house +$40K · rent -$13/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
pop +300 · house +$110K · rent -$27/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
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Waterfall Gully SA
Waterfall Gully is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Burnside local government area (postcode 5066). With a population of 161, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $187K per year, with an average household size of 3.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% 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 professional services and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median house price in Waterfall Gully is $1.9 million, having surged 100% over the past year. The median weekly rent is $468 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,250.
The crime rate in the Burnside LGA is below average at 2,484 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Waterfall Gully offers a gross rental yield of 1.3%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($1.9M/$950K), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 10.1x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +100.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Waterfall Gully is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Burnside local government area (postcode 5066). With a population of 161, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $187K per year, with an average household size of 3.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% 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 professional services and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median house price in Waterfall Gully is $1.9 million, having surged 100% over the past year. The median weekly rent is $468 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,250.
The crime rate in the Burnside LGA is below average at 2,484 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Waterfall Gully offers a gross rental yield of 1.3%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($1.9M/$950K), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 10.1x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +100.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Waterfall Gully FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Waterfall Gully in?
Waterfall Gully is in the Burnside Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5066. Council-level context for Burnside LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the median house price in Waterfall Gully?
The current median house price in Waterfall Gully, SA is $1.9M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Waterfall Gully?
The median weekly rent in Waterfall Gully is $468/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
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Is Waterfall Gully a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Waterfall Gully show: Low Yield, Above Median, Stretched. 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 Waterfall Gully?
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 Waterfall Gully 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.