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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Anna Creek is a regional centre in South Australia, Australia, with a population of approximately 176, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 662 km from the Adelaide CBD, Anna Creek is a regional area in South Australia. The median household income is $103,948 per year.
Strong household incomes in Anna Creek underpin solid property demand. Regional positioning means lower entry costs but potentially longer hold periods for capital gains.
Official Australia Post postcode for Anna Creek. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Anna Creek on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Anna Creek is a smaller community of 176 — about 5% of the South Australia suburb median (3,699) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Median household income of $103,948/year runs 28% above the South Australia suburb median of $80,964, indicating strong purchasing power and the type of demographic profile that tends to sustain premium property prices through market cycles. Anna Creek is 662 km from Adelaide, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand.
How Anna Creek stacks up against the median of all South Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Anna Creek sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Anna Creek | SA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 176 | 3,699 | -95% |
| Median household income | $103,948/yr | $80,964/yr | +28% |
| Distance to CBD | 662 km | 13 km | +4992% |
| Separate houses | 60% | 73% | -13pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Anna Creek — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 176 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider South Australia market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for Anna Creek. Use current realestate.com.au and Domain listings to triangulate a realistic weekly rent before committing, then feed that number into our rental yield calculator.
Only 60% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 73% SA median) — this is a unit and townhouse market, where cosmetic flips struggle against body-corporate restrictions, thinner after-reno uplift and competing new supply.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Anna Creek are modest for 2026 — incomes 28% above the SA median of $80,964 and a population of 176 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental fundamentals will need to be verified against live listings, as a clean median rent was not recorded for Anna Creek. The EquitySight investment score of 43/100 places Anna Creek in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
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Anna Creek scores 43/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 176, median household income of $103,948/year. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Anna Creek are an above-state-median household income of $103,948/year, a dwelling mix that is 60% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Anna Creek has a usual resident population of approximately 176, compared with a South Australia suburb median of 3,699 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Anna Creek sits 662 km straight-line from the Adelaide CBD. This is a regional market where CBD distance is only indicative — local industry diversity and commute alternatives matter more.
A reliable median rent was not captured for Anna Creek. Benchmark expected weekly rent on realestate.com.au and Domain, or the state rental tribunal's rent dashboard. Most Australian investors target a 4–5% gross yield as a baseline.
A reliable median mortgage figure was not captured for Anna Creek. Use our loan serviceability calculator to estimate a realistic monthly repayment for your target purchase price and deposit.
Census data was not complete enough in Anna Creek to compute a clean rent-to-mortgage coverage. Use current listings to benchmark weekly rent, then plug your expected purchase price into our rental yield calculator to see whether the investment runs cash-flow positive or negative.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (176 residents), interest-rate sensitivity, the broader South Australia market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.