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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Myponga Beach is a regional centre in South Australia, Australia, with a population of approximately 51, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 54 km from the Adelaide CBD, Myponga Beach is a regional area in South Australia. The median household income is $94,224 per year.
Above-average earnings in Myponga Beach support sustained property values. Regional positioning means lower entry costs but potentially longer hold periods for capital gains.
Official Australia Post postcode for Myponga Beach. 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 Myponga Beach 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.
Myponga Beach is a smaller community of 51 — about 1% 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 $94,224/year runs 16% 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. Myponga Beach is 54 km from Adelaide, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand. Only 28% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 73% state median), so this is a unit-heavy market where body-corporate decisions and strata supply meaningfully shape investor returns.
How Myponga Beach stacks up against the median of all South Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Myponga Beach sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Myponga Beach | SA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 51 | 3,699 | -99% |
| Median household income | $94,224/yr | $80,964/yr | +16% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,000 | $1,616 | +24% |
| Distance to CBD | 54 km | 13 km | +315% |
| Separate houses | 28% | 73% | -45pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Myponga Beach — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 51 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 Myponga Beach. 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 28% 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 Myponga Beach are modest for 2026 — incomes 16% above the SA median of $80,964 and a population of 51 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 Myponga Beach. The EquitySight investment score of 42/100 places Myponga Beach 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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Myponga Beach scores 42/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 51, median household income of $94,224/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 Myponga Beach are an above-state-median household income of $94,224/year, a dwelling mix that is 28% 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.
Myponga Beach has a usual resident population of approximately 51, 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.
Myponga Beach sits 54 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 Myponga Beach. 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.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Myponga Beach is $2,000, or approximately $24,000/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.
Census data was not complete enough in Myponga Beach 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 (51 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,000 median mortgage, a unit-heavy dwelling mix (28% houses) where body-corporate costs and apartment supply affect resale, 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.