Craigmore, SA 5114
City Of Playford, South Australia
Good to Know
Craigmore, SA 5114 is a tightly-held house market in the City Of Playford area, currently positioned as a long-hold capital growth submarket. Located in Adelaide's northern suburbs, Craigmore is home to roughly 10,943 adults across 4,189 dwellings and records a vacancy rate of 2.22%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Craigmore is exhibiting a supply-constrained, demand-led profile. Stock on Market sits at 0.23% and Inventory at 1.13 months — well below the ~3-month balanced-market threshold — driving +11.0% YoY price growth while rents have moved +0.2% YoY.
What the market data is signalling
Prices are outpacing rents in Craigmore: annual price growth of +11.0% versus rent growth of +0.2% suggests capital-led momentum rather than cashflow expansion. The suburb's indicative gross yield of 3.61% sits above the 3% minimum benchmark, offering a modest income profile for investors.
Low available supply is a key driver — Stock on Market is an opportune 0.23% and Inventory is an opportune 1.13 months — supporting price momentum. For a live visual of where Craigmore sits in broader momentum patterns, see the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap.
Who lives in Craigmore — and why it matters for investors
Craigmore posts an IRSAD decile of 2, indicating lower socio‑economic conditions that can mean both affordability and sensitivity to labour-market or rate shocks. The Renter/Owner ratio is a neutral 20%, while the Units/Houses ratio is an opportune 0%, signalling a housing stock heavily weighted to separate houses — a structural plus for house-focused portfolios. See the IRSAD Crossover study for why socio‑economic mix influences growth and volatility.
Why suburb-level data matters for Craigmore
Council-level averages can mask pockets like Craigmore. Decisions should rest on the suburb's own metrics: a typical house price of $850,131, an indicative gross yield of 3.61%, Stock on Market at 0.23%, Inventory at 1.13 months and median days on market of 45 days. Those suburb-level readings show tight supply and price momentum that a council average could dilute. Read more in our LGA vs Suburb research.
For a downloadable breakdown, get the full Craigmore data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 69
Craigmore's HtAG RCS™ of 69 bundles three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience — into a single composite. The sub-score breakdown matters: a market scoring well for growth but lower for cashflow requires a long-hold capital strategy, while the reverse suits yield-focused investors. Learn how the RCS™ is built.
open Craigmore in HtAG Copilot to inspect sub-scores and scenario analyses for different hold periods or leverage.
Forward signals to watch
vacancy rate — currently 2.22%: a sustained reading around this balanced level over 12–24 months typically implies rental stability rather than rapid upward pressure on rents, consistent with the very low +0.2% rent growth seen over the year.
building approvals ratio — currently 0.57%: this neutral reading points to modest new supply activity; a rising approvals trend would eventually alleviate tight stock and slow price momentum, while a decline would intensify the current supply squeeze.
Adelaide cycle phase: watch shifts in the city-wide cycle — if metropolitan momentum softens, suburbs with stretched affordability like Craigmore (Affordability 50 years) can see faster repricing; if the cycle strengthens, local price momentum is likely to continue.
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RCS Breakdown
Craigmore'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
Craigmore's headline values — $850K to buy and $591PW to rent, a 3.61% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 157.50% and rents 81.29% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$850K 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.
$591PW today, with rent growth at (+0.17% YoY) compared to price growth (+10.96%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Craigmore in its cycle - and is the 3.61% 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 Craigmore's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Craigmore 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
Craigmore'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
Craigmore 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 Craigmore 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 Craigmore 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 Craigmore - 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
Craigmore 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 Craigmore'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 Craigmore has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Craigmore 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 Craigmore 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 Craigmore 5114 SA is 8,658, with a median age of 37. Of those, 45.11% are married, 12.87% are divorced or separated, 36.79% are single and 5.28% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.8 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $6,844. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $1,300 which is 18.99% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)