EquitySight.app
Free full calculator →
EquitySight.app
Free full calculator →
ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Stockyard Plain is a regional centre in South Australia, Australia, with a population of approximately 17, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 133 km from the Adelaide CBD, Stockyard Plain is a regional area in South Australia. The median household income is $90,948 per year.
Stockyard Plain benefits from a high-income resident base, supporting premium property pricing. As a regional location, growth prospects depend on local economic conditions and infrastructure investment.
Official Australia Post postcode for Stockyard Plain. 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 Stockyard Plain 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.
Stockyard Plain is a smaller community of 17 — about 0% of the South Australia suburb median (3,699) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Households here earn $90,948/year on average — 12% above the SA suburb median of $80,964 — a modest premium that supports resilient owner-occupier demand. Stockyard Plain is 133 km from Adelaide, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand.
How Stockyard Plain stacks up against the median of all South Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Stockyard Plain sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Stockyard Plain | SA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 17 | 3,699 | -100% |
| Median household income | $90,948/yr | $80,964/yr | +12% |
| Distance to CBD | 133 km | 13 km | +923% |
| Separate houses | 63% | 73% | -10pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Stockyard Plain — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 17 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 Stockyard Plain. 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 63% 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.
Run the numbers on a Stockyard Plain property
Scenario comparison, cash flow analysis, tax modelling, and PDF export — all in one place.
Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Stockyard Plain are modest for 2026 — incomes 12% above the SA median of $80,964 and a population of 17 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 Stockyard Plain. The EquitySight investment score of 39/100 places Stockyard Plain in the lower tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
Lived in Stockyard Plain? Help other investors with an honest 100-word review. Sign-in required; all reviews are manually moderated before they appear.
Stockyard Plain scores 39/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a weak rating. That score is driven by a population of 17, median household income of $90,948/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 Stockyard Plain are an above-state-median household income of $90,948/year, a dwelling mix that is 63% 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.
Stockyard Plain has a usual resident population of approximately 17, 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.
Stockyard Plain sits 133 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 Stockyard Plain. 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 Stockyard Plain. 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 Stockyard Plain 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 (17 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.