Crystal Brook vs Wandearah East
In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Crystal Brook tends to suit older residents, while Wandearah East suits couples.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Crystal Brook has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
- Wandearah East carries lower crime risk (17/100 vs 27/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Wandearah East
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (14% vs 22%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Crystal Brook
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($189/wk vs $400/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Crystal Brook
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (56/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (132 min vs 145 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (200.4 km vs 217.9 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Crystal Brook
ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (56/100 vs 0/100)
- has more GPs (3 vs 0)
- has more residents already 65 and over (29% vs 7%)
- But Wandearah East carries lower crime risk (17/100 vs 27/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Crystal Brook and Wandearah East drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Crystal Brook has more residents (1,537 vs 95); Wandearah East rents higher ($400/wk vs $189/wk).
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,537 +94% vs other | 95 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +1.5% | -2.1% |
| Median age | 49 same for both | |
| Median household income | $52,572/yr | $92,040/yr +75% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $189/wk | $400/wk +112% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.3%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.1%).
Property market
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $332,500 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $120,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 54 days from 9 sales | — |
Zoning mix
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 98% | 100% |
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 53 across Port Pirie same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +75% same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 17% of SA | Higher than 70% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 82% of SA | Higher than 35% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 41% of SA same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 72% of SA | Higher than 39% of SA |
Liveability
Crystal Brook is more walkable (56 vs 0).
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | B | — |
| Score | 51/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 | advantaged area decile 7/10 |
Risk profile
Wandearah East carries more bushfire risk (15 vs 0); Crystal Brook carries more crime risk (27 vs 17).
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Low 15/100 |
| Crime | Low 27/100 | Low 17/100 |
| Flood | — same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 2 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Crystal Brook
- Crystal Brook Primary School Government · Primary above peers
Schools in Wandearah East
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 1 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 0 |
| Childcare | 1 | 0 |
| GPs | 3 | 0 |
| Hospitals | 1 | 0 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 6 | 0 |
Mobility
Wandearah East sits further from the CBD (217.9 km vs 200.4 km).
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 56/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 200.4 km | 217.9 km +9% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 132 min | 145 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.3% postcode 5523 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 62 postcode 5523 same for both | |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.6%).
Setting
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 117 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 28 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 27.8 km | 13.4 km |
NBN connectivity
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 43/100 | 27/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 825 premises | 0% 50 premises |
Climate
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 472 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | — same for both | |
| PM10 | 23.7 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,855/yr same for both | |
| Council | Port Pirie same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Grey same for both | |
| Member | Tom Venning same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Crystal Brook | Wandearah East | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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