Mannum is a rural locality in South Australia, in Mid Murray Council, characterised by heritage streetscapes. It is close to the Murray River.
Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places. The suburb has an unusually high concentration of heritage listings, placing it among the highest-ranked rural localities, and population has been growing faster than in comparable places, and green cover is another of the suburb's defining strengths, and recorded road crashes are a relative strength, with recorded road crashes 49% below the peer median. Socio-economic advantage is well below comparable places.
Overall, the suburb suits people prioritising heritage character and daily services over socio-economic advantage.
Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.
Strengths and weaknesses
Rural locality · compared with rural localities in South Australia (602)
Strengths
The suburb has an unusually high concentration of heritage listings
Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places
Population has been growing faster than in comparable places
Green cover is a relative strength
Recorded road crashes are a relative strength
Weaknesses
Socio-economic advantage is well below comparable places
What stands out
Heritage streetscapes
Murray River
Who it suits
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Housing, growth and risk
How Mannum compares
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median house price
—
No data available
Median rent
$480/wk
Population (ERP)
2,806
+1.0% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
17.7%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#145
among Country & regional · Mature
Crime rate
59th
percentile in state (higher = more crime)
Pop. growth
75th
percentile in SA
Rented dwellings
27%
2021 Census tenure
Advantage (IRSAD)
1/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
20th
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
31.6/100 — Below average
National rank
6212th in Australia
State rank
603rd in SA
Peer rank
#145 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
Cohort rank
#224 among Country & regional suburbs
Data confidence
97%
Data sources & freshness
Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
Houses (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)
$480
Rental bonds lodged (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)
20
Median weekly rent from SA Housing Authority rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Median house sale prices cover metropolitan Adelaide and selected fringe councils (19 LGAs, including Adelaide Hills and Gawler), not all of regional South Australia.
Household crowding and healthy vacancy — not cheapness Modest price change as a healthy-growth band
Data sources & freshness
SA rent report & metro median house sales — Government of South Australia · 1 January - 31 March 2026 · Updated · Quarterly; metro-fringe sales only
Population
Estimated resident population
2,806(June 2025)
+1.0% annual · +5.5% over 5 years · 75th percentile in SA
Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+1.0%
5-year growth
+5.5%
Change in 1 year
+29
Change in 5 years
+145
Growth rank in SA
75th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~3,000), extrapolated at +1.2% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
Population
2,919
Median age
56
Median household income / week
$822
Dwelling vacancy
17.7%
Unoccupied private dwellings
270 of 1,522
Median monthly mortgage
$1,100
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$220
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
47.2% / 26.3% / 26.5%
Employment rate
37.5%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
6.2% / 0.3% / 69.5%
Walked or cycled to work
4.7%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
1,153 / 50 / 5 (+ 42 other)
Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)
Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus
Data sources & freshness
2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
6.9% of adults have a university degree, compared with 22.6% across South Australia. 22.1% have a trade or vocational qualification.
University qualified6.9% · 22.6% SA
Diploma qualified7% · 8.6% SA
Trade / vocational22.1% · 17.5% SA
Year 12 or below64% · 51.2% SA
Highest qualification field
Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).
Engineering and related technologies24.4%
Society and culture16.5%
Management and commerce15.2%
Health14.3%
Food, hospitality and personal services9.3%
Education8.1%
How these groups are defined
Measure
Definition
University qualified
Bachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualified
Advanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocational
Certificate III + IV
Year 12
Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12
Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below
People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)
University qualifications from the 2021 Census
Data sources & freshness
2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Tax & income
Median taxable income (2023–24)
$43,949
10th percentile in SA · -25% vs Australia
Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$50,060
22nd percentile in SA · -23% vs Australia
Residents with rental investments
11.0%
33rd percentile in SA · -20% vs Australia
Median super balance (2023–24)
$80,169
54th percentile in SA · +27% vs Australia
Residents with business income
10.0%
41st percentile in SA · -4% vs Australia
Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 5238 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.
Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
2,409
Taxpayers reporting net rent
257
Median net rent
$1,562
Taxpayers reporting business income
241
Taxable income vs state median
-19%
Salary / wages vs state median
-13%
Rental investment vs state median
-8%
Super vs state median
+3%
Business income vs state median
-9%
Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in SA, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.
Data sources & freshness
Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary
Seasonal & agricultural work
7.5% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 3.3× the Australian share (2.3%) — compared with 3.8% across South Australia.
Agriculture, forestry & fishing
7.5%
46th percentile in SA · +226% vs Australia
Resident workers (2021)
71
WHM specified work
Subclass 417 / 462
Postcode 5238
Occupation mix in this industry
2021 Census G56, residents employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Counts below 10 are not shown.
Managers28
Labourers28
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile tables G54 (industry of employment) and G56 (industry by occupation), Statistical Area Level (suburb), place of usual residence. Figures are residents’ main job in the week before Census night — not jobs located in the suburb. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the 1-digit ANZSIC division; grape growing and other 3- and 4-digit industries are not in this datapack. The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Plant and animal cultivation in postcode 5238 (Regional Australia) may count as specified work for Working Holiday Maker visas (subclasses 417 and 462). This is a postcode rule from the Home Affairs instruments — not evidence that seasonal jobs exist here, and not a count of WHM residents. Home Affairs specified work · LIN 22/012 · LIN 22/013. Compilation used: 5 April 2025.
Region employment estimates (SA4, not this suburb)
Jobs and Skills Australia NERO modelled estimates for South Australia - South East (SA4 407), 2026-08. These figures describe the broader region, not this suburb, and occupations are not added together.
Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12134,568
Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12143,627
Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 84151,363
Crop Farmers ANZSCO 12121,073
Crop Farm Workers ANZSCO 8412992
Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators ANZSCO 7211833
Forestry and Logging Workers ANZSCO 8413346
Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8416308
Other Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers ANZSCO 8419301
Aquaculture Workers ANZSCO 841110
South Australia - South East is a Statistical Area Level 4. Fruit, nut and vegetable workers are not published separately in NERO (they sit under ANZSCO 8412). Jobs and Skills Australia warns not to sum occupations or geographies. NERO data. Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, Jobs and Skills Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. CC BY 4.0.
Census employed residents counted in G54: 946 · AFF share +97% vs the state.
Data sources & freshness
2021 Census — industry of employment (G54/G56), place of usual residence — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated · Resident main job in the week before Census night, not jobs located in the suburb
The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
WHM specified work areas (LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013) — Department of Home Affairs · 2025-04-05 · Updated · Postcode eligibility for plant and animal cultivation; not a count of WHM residents
Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), SA4 × ANZSCO 4-digit — Jobs and Skills Australia · 2026-08 · Updated · Monthly modelled SA4 estimates; not suburb-level. CC BY 4.0
Community & culture
1.6% speak a language other than English at home; 12.2% born overseas
Language at home
2,635 English only · 44 other
Non-English at home
1.6%
Born overseas
323 (12.2%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
90 (3.1%)
Australian citizens
2,579
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
1
Top languages other than English
Share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census).
Tagalog3 · 100%
Religion
47.3%No religion
No religion is the most common response at 47.3%, while Christianity accounts for 42.1%.
Measure
Suburb
State
No religion
47.3%
45.2%
Christianity
42.1%
40%
Other / not stated
10.6%
14.7%
Christian denominations
Denomination
Suburb
State
Anglican
10.9%
7.2%
Lutheran
9.4%
2.4%
Catholic
8%
15.5%
Uniting Church
7.4%
4.8%
2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.
Data sources & freshness
2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.
Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2025–26)
119
Against the person
36
Against property
83
Rate per 1,000 residents
42.4
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 81 residents
State crime-rate percentile
58.5th (higher = more crime)
Family & domestic abuse offences
52
Decrease (daily rate)
-7%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
46
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
16.39
Most common offence types
Damage Or Destroy Property25
Motor Vehicle Theft And Related Offences9
Sct - Residence10
Serious Assault23
Theft From A Person13
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)
Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates
Reasonable bus and transport access — 10 public transport stops
Walkability proxy
15/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
0.34
Sport & outdoors(2)
Mannum Local Area Bicycle NetworkCycling route
Lenger ReserveNature reserve
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap and the SA Sports Vouchers venue list, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.
Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)
Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000
Data sources & freshness
OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries
Health access
Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
1
Nearest hospital
Mannum District Hospital (7.4 km)
Nearest hospital type
Public Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
Emergency department in suburb
On site
GP clinics in suburb
0
Aged-care services
1
Residential aged-care places
60
GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).
Mannum District HospitalParker StreetPublic Hospital
Aged-care services
Aminya Village HostelMANNUMResidential
Australian Government–subsidised services from the AIHW GEN list (30 June 2025), assigned to this suburb by location.
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
Usual max / min
29° / 14°
Rainfall
67 mm · ~8 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
Usual max / min
23° / 10°
Rainfall
97 mm · ~12 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
Usual max / min
16° / 6°
Rainfall
148 mm · ~18 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
Usual max / min
22° / 9°
Rainfall
119 mm · ~15 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)
Development applications from PlanSA register and EPA licensed activities.
2026· 128 proposals
September 2026
Construction of a single storey detached dwelling
69 RIVER LANE MANNUM SA 5238;69A RIVER LANE MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Construction of an agricultural building
663 BELVEDERE RD MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Outbuilding (Garage and domestic storage shed)
13 TYRO CCT MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Verandah
8 PADDLESTEAMER WAY MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Stratco Sanctuary structure to be used as a carport. The structure will be attached to the existing dwelling via back channel on the west side of the dwelling. Measurements are as follows 3.05m wide x 6.40m long and 2.6m high. Rainwater will flow through a 75mm downpipe that will run into existing guttering also connected to an existing rainwater tank. This will then be managed by the landowners. The structure will be made from colourbond materials.
21 CHARLES ST MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Single storey detached dwelling and associated outbuilding
20 TYRO CCT MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Construction of two verandahs attached to an existing dwelling
48D CRAWFORD CR MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Construction of two carports
13 ESMERALDA ST MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Dwelling, ancillary accommodation, retaining walls and fencing.
LOT 405 ROSELLA RISE MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Verandah and deck
22 PREISS ST MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
Single storey detached dwelling, retaining wall and fence
11 TYRO CCT MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Agricultural building and associated apiculture
LOT 1 MURRAYLANDS RD MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Privacy screening (retrospective)
42 DIERCKS RD MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Community Title Land Division - one (1) allotment in two (2) allotments with associated common property
5 QUEEN MARY ST MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Detached dwelling
257 PURNONG RD MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
River structure (jetty), retaining walls and associated excavation and filling in a flood plain
1 PELLARING LANE PELLARING FLAT SA 5238;76 SALISBURY RD MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Retaining walls
LOT 360 MARINA WAY MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
August 2026
Variation of Development Application 25020145 - Construction of two (2) single storey residential flat buildings comprising of 15 dwellings with associated earthworks and retaining walls
LOT 306 WANKE RD MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Inground Swimming Pool with Safety Fence
15 ROSELLA RISE MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
Construction of a single storey dwelling with a garage and porch UMR
LOT 27 NORTH TCE MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Outbuilding (garage)
42 GALLEON WAY MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
Install fibreglass swimming pool and safety features
LOT 31 CLIPPER PL MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
Construction of a domestic outbuilding
49C CRAWFORD CR MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
Detached dwelling and outbuilding
21 BARLEY DR MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Construction of a domestic outbuilding
7A BOOMERANG AV MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
Construction of a 14 metre long combined retaining wall and fence structure with a maximum height of 2.6 metres
LOT 501 CRAWFORD CR MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
Construction of a domestic outbuilding
LOT 509 CRAWFORD CR MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
Verandah and Outbuilding
LOT 52 CLIPPER PL MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
Construction of an outbuilding in association with an existing retirement village
8 -20 ADELAIDE RD MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Outbuilding (carport)
419 PURNONG RD MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
July 2026
Construction of a domestic outbuilding
LOT 6 BARLEY DR MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
Construction of a freestanding verandah and a freestanding carport
LOT 28 CLIPPER PL MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
Residential outbuilding, retaining walls and associated excavation and filling of land
LOT 129 MARINA WAY MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Alterations and additions to an existing Local Heritage listed detached dwelling
2 ANNA ST MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Construction of a single storey group dwelling and associated pool
LOT 401 NORTH TCE MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Construction of a single storey dwelling with a garage UMR
LOT 36 NORTH TCE MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
Land division in the form of a boundary realignment (2 into 2)
85 IBIS DR MANNUM SA 5238;86 IBIS DR MANNUM SA 5238Decision Made
Single storey detached dwelling
79 BARLEY DR MANNUM SA 5238Under Assessment
Residential Park comprising 154 dwellings, land division (lease sites for Residential Park purposes), community centre, associated infrastructure & roadways
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid against all current SA Planning risk layers (high, medium, general, urban interface, regional, outback). Flood cover is the share of the suburb boundary overlapping current SA Planning flood overlays (flooding and evidence required). Safer places from CFS designated locations.
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 28.9 km away).
Coalition 58.8%Labor 41.2%
4.1 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +3.9 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
MannumLabor 43.8% · Coalition 56.2% TPP (2025)8.0 km away
PondeLabor 38.1% · Coalition 61.9% TPP (2025)11.4 km away
PalmerLabor 41.4% · Coalition 58.6% TPP (2025)17.9 km away
MypolongaLabor 37.4% · Coalition 62.6% TPP (2025)20.6 km away
Walker FlatLabor 45.3% · Coalition 54.7% TPP (2025)22.1 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)