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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
St Ives is a regional centre in South Australia, Australia, with a population of approximately 35, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 40 km from the Adelaide CBD, St Ives is a regional area in South Australia. The median household income is $97,448 per year.
Strong household incomes in St Ives underpin solid property demand. Distance from major centres is a consideration, though regional markets can offer higher rental yields.
Official Australia Post postcode for St Ives. 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 St Ives 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.
St Ives is a smaller community of 35 — 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 $97,448/year runs 20% 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. At 40 km from Adelaide, St Ives is an outer-metro location where buyers are typically trading commute time for floor space and a lower entry price. Separate houses make up 100% of dwellings — 27 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 St Ives stacks up against the median of all South Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean St Ives sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | St Ives | SA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 35 | 3,699 | -99% |
| Median household income | $97,448/yr | $80,964/yr | +20% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,372 | $1,616 | -15% |
| Distance to CBD | 40 km | 13 km | +208% |
| Separate houses | 100% | 73% | +27pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for St Ives — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 35 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 St Ives. 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.
With 100% houses in a 35-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
Run the numbers on a St Ives property
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for St Ives are modest for 2026 — incomes 20% above the SA median of $80,964 and a population of 35 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 St Ives. The EquitySight investment score of 46/100 places St Ives 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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St Ives scores 46/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 35, median household income of $97,448/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 St Ives are an above-state-median household income of $97,448/year, a dwelling mix that is 100% 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.
St Ives has a usual resident population of approximately 35, 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.
St Ives sits 40 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.
A reliable median rent was not captured for St Ives. 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 St Ives is $1,372, or approximately $16,464/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 St Ives 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 (35 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,372 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.