Marion Bay suburb profile
Marion Bay is a small coastal township on the southern tip of the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, known for its wide sandy beaches, rugged headlands and as a gateway to Innes National Park. The place has a quiet, seasonal rhythm with a mix of permanent locals and holiday homeowners, and it attracts fishers, surfers and people wanting a relaxed seaside lifestyle. Housing is mostly modest beach shacks and low-key coastal cottages set among native coastal scrub. Local life revolves around outdoor activities and the coast, and the town is accessed by road with limited public transport.
Marion Bay property market performance
Marion Bay has relatively few recent property sales, so there isn't enough data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. In the past three months four houses were sold, and over the last 12 months houses that did sell had a median time on market of 98 days.
The rental market in Marion Bay does not have sufficient recent data to report typical house or unit rents.
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Median price Past 3 months | N/A | N/A |
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Sold Past 3 months | 4 | N/A |
Median days on market Past 12 months | 98 | N/A |
Average rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Marion Bay demographics
A small community of 210 people, Marion Bay has a median age of 54 and a median total household income of $838 a week, about $43,600 a year.
The family mix is weighted towards couples without children: couple families without children make up 55.8% of families, while couple families with children account for 21.2% and one-parent families 23.1%. Together, couple families with and without children represent 77.0% of all families.
Homes in Marion Bay are predominantly owner-occupied, with 54.1% owned outright and a further 27.1% owned with a mortgage, while 18.8% of dwellings are rented.
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