SA · Mid Murray Council

Steinfeld, 5356

Est. population · Jun 2025

31

Growth (1 yr)

0.0%

Growth (5 yr)

0.0%

Median age

48

Median income

$450/wk

Employment rate

40.9%

University qualified

0%

Work from home

0%

Languages at home

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

  • Green suburb
  • Rural living
What Steinfeld is known for: Green suburb, Rural living

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Suburb profile

Steinfeld is a rural locality in South Australia, in Mid Murray Council. It is set against Mount Lofty Ranges.

Green cover is a relative strength, placing it among the highest-ranked rural localities. The clearer weaknesses are household incomes and thinner local amenities, with household incomes 67% below the peer median.

Household incomes are the most material weakness.

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

  • Green cover is a relative strength

Weaknesses

  • Household incomes are a relative weakness
  • Local amenity access is relatively limited

What stands out

  • Mount Lofty Ranges

Who it suits

  • StudentsInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Steinfeld compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent (Census)

$75/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (ERP)

31

0.0% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

56.0%

Census unoccupied dwellings

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Crime rate

84th

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

39th

percentile in SA

Rented dwellings

0%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

3/10

national SEIFA decile

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

Population

Estimated resident population

31(June 2025)

0.0% annual · 0.0% over 5 years · 39th percentile in SA

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
0.0%
5-year growth
0.0%
Change in 1 year
0
Change in 5 years
0
Growth rank in SA
39th 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 (~50), extrapolated at +0.5% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
30
Median age
48
Median household income / week
$450
Dwelling vacancy
56%
Unoccupied private dwellings
14 of 25
Median monthly mortgage
$468
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$75
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
100% / 0% / 0%
Employment rate
40.9%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
0% / 0% / 45.5%
Walked or cycled to work
0%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
6 / 0 / 0

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.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

0% of adults have a university degree, compared with 22.6% across South Australia. 0% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • Year 12 or below100% · 51.2% SA
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 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)
$54,572

51st percentile in SA · -7% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$61,452

65th percentile in SA · -5% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
10.0%

24th percentile in SA · -27% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$78,030

50th percentile in SA · +23% vs Australia

Residents with business income
11.0%

53rd percentile in SA · +6% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 5356 — 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
502
Taxpayers reporting net rent
52
Median net rent
$708
Taxpayers reporting business income
54
Taxable income vs state median
0%
Salary / wages vs state median
+7%
Rental investment vs state median
-17%
Super vs state median
0%
Business income vs state median
0%

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

Community & culture

Language at home
22 English only · 0 other
Non-English at home
0%
Born overseas
0 (0%)
Australian citizens
21

Religion

50%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 50%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion50%45.2%
Other / not stated50%54.8%

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 increased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2024–25)
3
Against the person
0
Against property
3
Rate per 1,000 residents
96.8
State crime-rate percentile
83.7th (higher = more crime)
Family & domestic abuse offences
1
Increase (daily rate)
+50.4%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
3
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
96.77

Most common offence types

  • Other Theft1
  • Other Unlawful Entry With Intent1
  • Theft/Illegal Use Of Mv1

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Amenities

No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.

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
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Sporting clubs

1 named sporting club in this suburb

  • Barossa Valley Gliding Club

    Gliding

Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap sporting clubs — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Geofabrik australia-latest.osm.pbf

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
11.3%
Woodland / forest cover
11.3%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
52
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
29°C

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

Nearest hospital
Eudunda Hospital (29.5 km)
Nearest hospital type
Public Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
1
Participants per 1,000 residents
32.3

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.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

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° / 13°
Rainfall
69 mm · ~9 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
22° / 9°
Rainfall
80 mm · ~10 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
14° / 5°
Rainfall
142 mm · ~18 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
21° / 8°
Rainfall
125 mm · ~16 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Planning & development

Development applications from PlanSA register (lodged 2020–2026) and EPA licensed activities.

7 planning-related records

2025· 2 proposals
  • May 2025

  • Detached dwelling, ancillary accommodation and agricultural building
    LOT 896 KOCH RD STEINFELD SA 5356Decision Made
  • February 2025

  • Construction of a detached dwelling (retrospective)
    LOT 9 BOWER BOUNDARY RD STEINFELD SA 5356Decision Made
2024· 2 proposals
  • November 2024

  • Construction of a verandah attached to an existing clubhouse
    602 STONEFIELD RD STEINFELD SA 5356Decision Made
  • January 2024

  • Construction of a storage shed in association with an existing motorsports track
    138 OLD RAILWAY RD STEINFELD SA 5356Decision Made
2021· 1 proposal
  • August 2021

  • Replacement Building (Replace Toilet Block)
    138 OLD RAILWAY RD STEINFELD SA 5356Decision Made
2020· 1 proposal
  • November 2020

  • Boundary realignment.
    218 SCRUB RD STEINFELD SA 5356Decision Made
Other· 1 proposal
  • MR DAPY'S DEMOLITION PTY LTD
    Resource Recovery Waste Disposal and RelatedEPA licence

Data sources & freshness

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies
Flood / inundation overlay
100% of suburb boundary

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.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Barker
Member of Parliament
Tony PASIN (Liberal)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
127,045
Turnout (2025)
92.6%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+3.6 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 63.0%Labor 37.0%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 34.3 km away).

Coalition 63.2%Labor 36.8%

0.2 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +1.6 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • TruroLabor 32.6% · Coalition 67.3% TPP (2025)21.8 km away
  • BlanchetownLabor 36.6% · Coalition 63.4% TPP (2025)24.2 km away
  • MocultaLabor 32.2% · Coalition 67.8% TPP (2025)25.7 km away
  • SedanLabor 41.8% · Coalition 58.2% TPP (2025)26.0 km away
  • StockwellLabor 40.5% · Coalition 59.5% TPP (2025)29.2 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.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
3/10
IRSD decile (2021)
4/10

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%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

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