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Suburb profile ·Unincorporated SA LGA · SA ·5720

Woomera SA 5720

Woomera is in Unincorporated SA LGA, SA, postcode 5720, with population 132.

Median house No local house series
Median rent $103/wk Market rent signal
Gross yield Need rent + price
Population 132 132 local footprint
Schools 1 Matched school context
Decision trust

Verify-heavy evidence

Woomera 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 Property prices, Hospitals, and Transport.

4
Available
1
Verify
3
Missing
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Current status
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Source & freshness

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.

Release-based suburb price series, not a live market feed

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
ABS Data by Region and processed state datasets · Release-based series
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
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
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · annual
Available
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 Census rent fallback or low-confidence hospital matching.
Evidence depth
Verify-heavy evidence

Woomera 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 Property prices, Hospitals, and Transport.

Next step

Verify fallback signals manually and compare against stronger nearby suburbs before treating this as a shortlist candidate.

Direct
4

Crime, Schools, Population growth, Building approvals

Verify
1

Market rent

Missing
3

Property prices, Hospitals, Transport

Decision intelligence
Thin-context

Woomera currently reads as a thin-context candidate.

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.

Recommended next step

Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.

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.

Decisive gaps

Property prices, Transport

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Use as context

Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Woomera 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 hospital coverage and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are hospital coverage and transport stops. 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

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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Gidgealpa most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$3/wk

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

Iron Knob most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$27/wk

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

Oodnadatta most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$30/wk

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

Why people look here Intent
  • Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
  • Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
  • Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
Local signals Mixed
Schools: 1 matched, including Woomera Area School.
Crime: 1,515 per 100k at the Unincorporated SA LGA level.
Transport: No matched local transport stops.

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$103

Full data detail

Woomera SA

Postcode 5720 · Unincorporated SA LGA

Woomera is a quiet locality in South Australia within the Unincorporated SA local government area (postcode 5720). With a population of 132, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $95K per year, with an average household size of 1.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -1.0% 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 technicians & trades, community & personal service, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward construction and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The median weekly rent is $103 (Census 2021).

Woomera is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 954, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Unincorporated SA LGA is low at 1,515 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of -1.0% year-on-year indicates declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Investment signals
Pop. Growth-1.0% Declining
Development+0% Steady
SEIFA index (ABS) — 1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged
Advantage7/10
Education3/10
Economic1/10
Disadvantage6/10
Census 2021 (ABS)
Median rent /wk
$103
Population
132
Demographics
Median age43
Household size1.7
HH income /wk$1,829
Personal income /wk$1275
Mortgage /mth
Crime (Unincorporated SA LGA)
Crime rate (per 100k)1,515
Total incidents2
Schools (1)
Avg ICSEA954
Total students10
Government1
Woomera Area SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 954
Population growth (Unincorporated SA LGA)
Population (2025)3,001
5-year growth-1.5% CAGR
YoY change-1%
Development (Unincorporated SA LGA)
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Data status
Property prices
Processed price datasets
Missing
Market rent
State rent dataset · No market rent source linked
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · 2024-25 · LGA-level dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
Available
Hospitals
AIHW
Missing
Transport
GTFS
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual series
Available
Available means a local dataset is present. Verify means coverage exists but location confidence is limited.
Data: 2024-25
Sources: ABS Census 2021 · ABS dwelling prices · State Valuers General · ATO income · ACARA schools · AIHW hospitals · GTFS · state police

Woomera FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Woomera in?

    Woomera is in the Unincorporated SA Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5720. Council-level context for Unincorporated SA LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Woomera?

    The median weekly rent in Woomera is $103/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Woomera a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Woomera?

    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 Woomera 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.