Roxby Downs, SA 5725
Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia
Good to Know
Roxby Downs, SA 5725 is an affordable house market in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area area, currently positioned as a high-yield rental market. The town is home to roughly 3,671 adult residents across 1,995 dwellings, with a vacancy rate of 0.75%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Roxby Downs is exhibiting supply-constrained, rental-driven behaviour. Stock on Market sits at 0.35% and Inventory at 1.91 months — well below the ~3-month balanced-market threshold — driving +2.6% YoY price growth and +1.7% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Roxby Downs shows a classic high-yield rental profile: a $283,442 typical house price combined with an indicative gross yield of 6.70%. Recent movement — +2.6% in prices and +1.7% in rents over 1 year — suggests modest capital gains alongside resilient cashflow potential. Low supply indicators (vacancy 0.75%, Stock on Market 0.35%, Inventory 1.91 months) are supporting that rental tightness and placing upward pressure on rents and yields.
Compare current signals on the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap.
Who lives in Roxby Downs — and why it matters for investors
Roxby Downs posts an IRSAD decile of 7, indicating a relatively advantaged socioeconomic profile that can support stability in demand and lower downside volatility compared with less advantaged markets. However, the renter/owner ratio of 67% is unfavourable for owner-occupier dominance — the suburb relies heavily on rental demand, which can mean higher turnover and a stronger sensitivity to local employment or resource-sector shifts. The units/houses ratio of 7% further emphasises this is a predominantly house-focused market.
See our IRSAD Crossover study for why socioeconomic mix matters to long-run performance.
Why suburb-level data matters for Roxby Downs
Suburb-level metrics reveal the real investment picture: Roxby Downs’ typical house price $283,442, gross yield 6.70%, very low Stock on Market 0.35% and short Inventory 1.91 months tell a different story than broad-area averages can. Local days-on-market at 72 days also help set realistic expectations for marketing time and cashflow timing. Council- or region-level averages can blend multiple pockets with different dynamics — your decision should rest on Roxby Downs’ own numbers.
Read more about our approach in LGA vs Suburb research. For a detailed export, download the full Roxby Downs data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 48
The HtAG RCS™ (Rating Composite Score) bundles three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience — into one score to help match markets to strategy. An overall score of 48 means trade-offs exist between income strength and longer-term growth potential; reading the sub-score breakdown is essential to align an asset to your objectives.
Learn how the RCS™ is built, or open Roxby Downs in HtAG Copilot to explore the sub-scores and scenarios.
Forward signals to watch
The vacancy rate — currently 0.75%: sustained low vacancy over 12–24 months usually tightens the lettings market, supporting rent growth and reducing days-to-lease for well-priced stock.
The building approvals ratio — currently 0.00%: minimal recent approvals signals little near-term new-supply pressure, which preserves tightness but also limits new-project opportunities for developers.
The wider Adelaide cycle phase: a city-wide shift in momentum can amplify or damp local trends — if Adelaide strengthens, resource-linked towns can see spill-over demand; if it softens, local rental reliance may increase downside risk.
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RCS Breakdown
Roxby Downs's RCS™ headline is an overall signal — but it doesn't tell you why. The three sub-scores below reveal whether that score is earned through risk minimisation, capital growth, or cashflow — and which portfolio brief it fits.
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Market Trends
Roxby Downs's headline values — $285K to buy and $372PW to rent, a 6.76% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved -0.68% and rents 56.07% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$285K is today. The 10-year trajectory reveals whether that's the top of a run, the start of a new leg, or somewhere mid-cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
$372PW today, with rent growth at (+3.32% YoY) compared to price growth (+3.3%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Roxby Downs in its cycle - and is the 6.76% yield holding?
Cycle phase tells you whether you're buying near the bottom (room to run) or top (compression ahead). Yield trajectory tells you whether cashflow is durable or being eroded — the single most important question for a long-hold thesis.
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Area Risks
Property data alone won't flag the structural risks that can erode a long-hold position. Bushfire overlays, flood-zone exposure, and economic concentration sit outside the price feed but determine whether your capital is insurable, defensible, and structurally protected. Unlock to see.
Are there hidden structural risks shaping Roxby Downs's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Roxby Downs carries risk signals a median can't show — hazard exposure from bushfire and flood overlays, and how narrowly local employment leans on a handful of sectors (the concentration the EDI score quantifies). Together these separate insurable, defensible long-holds from those carrying tail-risk that never surfaces in the headline number.
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Supply & Demand
Roxby Downs's headline numbers show where the market is today. The two cards below answer where it's heading. Direction is what separates a buy from a wait.
Is housing supply tightening or building up?
Stock on Market is one number — the trend is what matters. SoM, inventory, building approvals and hold period together reveal whether the market is starving for stock (price pressure up) or quietly building a pipeline (pressure down).
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Is buyer and renter demand heating up or cooling off?
Vacancy is one signal — the real question is whether demand is still building or quietly peaking. Days on market, vacancy, search index and clearance rate are the four pulse-points — when they diverge, they signal a turning point.
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Fundamentals
Roxby Downs can look solid on the surface — but the three layers below separate markets that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Is Roxby Downs genuinely stable - or just expensive?
IRSAD hints at affluence, but socio-economic strength alone doesn't guarantee resilience. Combined with the renter-to-owner balance and unit-to-house ratio, you get the three signals that separate a tightly-held submarket from one carrying hidden volatility.
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Where do Roxby Downs prices go over the next 12 months?
Today's headline price is just a snapshot. Projected ROI and the volatility index tell you whether to commit capital now, wait for a softer entry, or rotate into a steadie submarket.
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Can you actually buy into Roxby Downs - and exit cleanly?
Tightly-held areas reward long-hold investors but punish anyone who needs liquidity. Annual sales and rental volume reveal whether your capital can reposition — or sits structurally locked in.
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Education & Infrastructure
Roxby Downs looks tightly-held and stable on the surface — but the three layers below separate areas that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Does Roxby Downs's school catchment + infrastructure pipeline justify the price?
School ranks anchor family demand and tenant quality. The active infrastructure pipeline shifts a suburb's price ceiling over the next 5–10 years. Together they tell you whether Roxby Downs has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Roxby Downs shows potential. The platform tells you whether it's the best fit for your portfolio.
Price and yield are only the surface. HtAG reads the forces underneath — supply tightening or loosening, demand heating or cooling, and the risks that move slowly but decide long-term growth. Together they show whether Roxby Downs has the structural support for its next leg — or whether the numbers are running ahead of the fundamentals.
The total adult population (15 years or older) of Roxby Downs 5725 SA is 2,647, with a median age of 30. Of those, 43.94% are married, 11.90% are divorced or separated, 43.45% are single and 0.87% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.7 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $13,868. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $1,517 which is 10.94% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)