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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Echunga is a regional centre in South Australia, Australia, with a population of approximately 1,219, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 26 km from the Adelaide CBD, Echunga is a regional area in South Australia. The median household income is $108,680 per year.
Above-average earnings in Echunga support sustained property values. Regional positioning means lower entry costs but potentially longer hold periods for capital gains.
Official Australia Post postcode for Echunga. 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 Echunga 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.
Echunga is a smaller community of 1,219 — about 33% 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 $108,680/year runs 34% 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. Rent of $320/week (79% coverage of the $1,761/month median mortgage) leaves a gap of roughly $374/month that a typical investor bridges with negative gearing, depreciation and capital growth. At 26 km from Adelaide, Echunga is an outer-metro location where buyers are typically trading commute time for floor space and a lower entry price. Separate houses make up 91% of dwellings — 18 percentage points above the South Australia median of 73% — pointing to a family-oriented, land-rich market where value is concentrated in the underlying block.
How Echunga stacks up against the median of all South Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Echunga sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Echunga | SA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,219 | 3,699 | -67% |
| Median household income | $108,680/yr | $80,964/yr | +34% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $320 | $320 | 0% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,761 | $1,616 | +9% |
| Distance to CBD | 26 km | 13 km | +100% |
| Separate houses | 91% | 73% | +18pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Echunga — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 1,219 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider South Australia market over full cycles.
Moderate rental coverage: rent of $320/week covers 79% of a $1,761/month mortgage, leaving a $374/month gap that an investor bridges with equity, depreciation and tax benefits.
With 91% houses in a 1,219-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Echunga are modest for 2026 — incomes 34% above the SA median of $80,964 and a population of 1,219 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~79% of the typical mortgage ($1,387/month rent vs $1,761/month repayment), leaving a manageable top-up for most investors. The EquitySight investment score of 55/100 places Echunga in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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Echunga scores 55/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 1,219, median household income of $108,680/year and median weekly rent of $320. 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 Echunga are an above-state-median household income of $108,680/year, a dwelling mix that is 91% 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.
Echunga has a usual resident population of approximately 1,219, 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.
Echunga sits 26 km straight-line from the Adelaide CBD. This is an outer-metro location; local employment and infrastructure announcements tend to move prices more than CBD connectivity alone.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $320 in Echunga, equating to approximately $16,640/year in gross rental income (state median $320/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Echunga is $1,761, or approximately $21,132/year (vs $1,616/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
A median weekly rent of $320 works out to $1,387/month, covering 79% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,761/month. That leaves a $374/month shortfall (around $4,488/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (1,219 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,761 median mortgage, 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.