Minlaton vs Yorketown

Yorketown is the younger of the two, with a median age of 53 against 56 in Minlaton. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Minlaton, about half of households are people living alone. In Yorketown, most households are people living alone.

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

  • Minlaton has more parks and reserves (5 vs 2)
  • Yorketown carries lower crime risk (11/100 vs 25/100)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Minlaton

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (143 min vs 163 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (203.9 km vs 229.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Minlaton has more residents already 65 and over (38% vs 32%)
  • Yorketown carries lower crime risk (11/100 vs 25/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Yorketown

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (2.9% vs -7.4%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Minlaton and Yorketown drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Minlaton Yorketown
Hides rows where both suburbs match

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.

Minlaton Yorketown
Walkability 42 / 49
Minlaton — Walkability: 42/100 Yorketown — Walkability: 49/100
Safety 75 / 89
Minlaton — Safety: 75/100 Yorketown — Safety: 89/100
Low fire risk 67 / 58
Minlaton — Low fire risk: 67/100 Yorketown — Low fire risk: 58/100

Demographics

Minlaton has higher household incomes ($54,392 vs $49,348); Minlaton skews older (56 vs 53).

Minlaton Yorketown
Population 1,018
+2% vs other
 997
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -7.4% +2.9%
Median age 56 53
Median household income $54,392/yr
+9% vs other
 $49,348/yr
Median weekly rent $200/wk
same for both

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Minlaton Yorketown
0-4 5.0% / 5.1%
Minlaton — 0-4: 5.0% Yorketown — 0-4: 5.1%
5-14 10.5% / 9.4%
Minlaton — 5-14: 10.5% Yorketown — 5-14: 9.4%
15-19 3.0% / 3.8%
Minlaton — 15-19: 3.0% Yorketown — 15-19: 3.8%
20-24 3.1% / 4.3%
Minlaton — 20-24: 3.1% Yorketown — 20-24: 4.3%
25-34 8.1% / 7.8%
Minlaton — 25-34: 8.1% Yorketown — 25-34: 7.8%
35-44 9.2% / 8.4%
Minlaton — 35-44: 9.2% Yorketown — 35-44: 8.4%
45-54 9.6% / 13.1%
Minlaton — 45-54: 9.6% Yorketown — 45-54: 13.1%
55-64 14.0% / 16.1%
Minlaton — 55-64: 14.0% Yorketown — 55-64: 16.1%
65-74 18.6% / 19.7%
Minlaton — 65-74: 18.6% Yorketown — 65-74: 19.7%
75-84 12.5% / 9.3%
Minlaton — 75-84: 12.5% Yorketown — 75-84: 9.3%
85+ 6.4% / 3.0%
Minlaton — 85+: 6.4% Yorketown — 85+: 3.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Minlaton 54.1% lone person
Minlaton — Lone Person: 54.1% Minlaton — Couple Families: 31.4% Minlaton — One Parent Families: 10.2% Minlaton — Group Household: 2.7% Minlaton — Other Families: 1.6%
Yorketown 57.0% lone person
Yorketown — Lone Person: 57.0% Yorketown — Couple Families: 30.4% Yorketown — One Parent Families: 7.7% Yorketown — Group Household: 3.5% Yorketown — Other Families: 1.4%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Minlaton 22.4% renting
Minlaton — Owned Outright: 49.5% Minlaton — Mortgage: 28.1% Minlaton — Renting: 22.4%
Yorketown 22.6% renting
Yorketown — Owned Outright: 53.8% Yorketown — Mortgage: 23.6% Yorketown — Renting: 22.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Minlaton Yorketown
Certificate III & IV 15.5% / 16.1%
Minlaton — Certificate III & IV: 15.5% Yorketown — Certificate III & IV: 16.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.9% / 3.9%
Minlaton — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.9% Yorketown — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 3.9%
Bachelor Degree 4.8% / 3.8%
Minlaton — Bachelor Degree: 4.8% Yorketown — Bachelor Degree: 3.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.1% / 0.9%
Minlaton — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1% Yorketown — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.9%
Postgraduate Degree 0.9% / 0.9%
Minlaton — Postgraduate Degree: 0.9% Yorketown — Postgraduate Degree: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.1%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Minlaton Yorketown
England 5.5% / 4.3%
Minlaton — England: 5.5% Yorketown — England: 4.3%
Germany 0.6% / 0.5%
Minlaton — Germany: 0.6% Yorketown — Germany: 0.5%
Netherlands — / 0.9%
Minlaton — Netherlands: not among its largest Yorketown — Netherlands: 0.9%
Scotland 0.3% / 0.4%
Minlaton — Scotland: 0.3% Yorketown — Scotland: 0.4%
Philippines — / 0.4%
Minlaton — Philippines: not among its largest Yorketown — Philippines: 0.4%
New Zealand 0.3% / —
Minlaton — New Zealand: 0.3% Yorketown — New Zealand: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Minlaton 95.4% houses
Minlaton — Houses: 95.4% Minlaton — Flats / Apartments: 3.2% Minlaton — Townhouses: 1.4%
Yorketown 95.9% houses
Yorketown — Houses: 95.9% Yorketown — Flats / Apartments: 1.9% Yorketown — Townhouses: 2.2%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Minlaton Yorketown
Median house price $437,500 $410,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $78,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 27 days
from 10 sales
 34 days
from 3 sales

Zoning mix

Minlaton Yorketown
Rural and farming 98% 99%
Environmental 1% 0%
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

Minlaton Yorketown
New dwellings approved 97
across Yorke Peninsula
same for both
Approvals change year on year -18%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Minlaton Yorketown
Houses 4.1%
$420/wk on $530K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within SA

Minlaton Yorketown
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 19% of SA Higher than 15% of SA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 78% of SA Higher than 80% of SA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 10% of SA —
NBN connectivity Higher than 72% of SA
same for both
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 67% of SA —

Liveability

Minlaton Yorketown
Grade C
same for both
Score 40/100 43/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 2/10
same for both

Risk profile

Minlaton carries more crime risk (25 vs 11).

Minlaton Yorketown
Bushfire Low
33/100
 Moderate
42/100
Crime Low
25/100
 Low
11/100
Flood —
same for both
Coastal erosion Low
30/100
 None
0/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Minlaton Yorketown
Inside the suburb 1 2
Rated above peers 1
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Minlaton

  • Minlaton District School Government · Combined above peers

Schools in Yorketown

  • St Columba's Memorial School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Yorketown Area School Government · Combined at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Minlaton Yorketown
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 2 0
Parks & reserves 5 2
Childcare 1 2
GPs 2 1
Pharmacies 1 0
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 1
same for both
Banks & Bank@Post 3
same for both
Fuel stations 0 2
EV chargers 1
same for both
Waterways 3 7

Mobility

Yorketown sits further from the CBD (229.5 km vs 203.9 km).

Minlaton Yorketown
Walkability score 42/100 49/100
Distance to Adelaide 203.9 km 229.5 km
+13% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 143 min 163 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 5575
 0.0%
postcode 5576
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 64
postcode 5575
 66
postcode 5576

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.

Minlaton Yorketown
Car (driver) 74.0% / 72.4%
Minlaton — Car (driver): 74.0% Yorketown — Car (driver): 72.4%
Walked Only 15.1% / 14.6%
Minlaton — Walked Only: 15.1% Yorketown — Walked Only: 14.6%
Worked from Home 7.6% / 11.4%
Minlaton — Worked from Home: 7.6% Yorketown — Worked from Home: 11.4%
Car (passenger) 3.3% / 1.6%
Minlaton — Car (passenger): 3.3% Yorketown — Car (passenger): 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (74.0%).

Setting

Minlaton Yorketown
Elevation 74 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 24 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 10.9 km 11.6 km

NBN connectivity

Minlaton Yorketown
Connectivity score 42/100 41/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
630 premises
 0%
593 premises

Climate

Minlaton Yorketown
Annual rainfall 425 mm 374 mm
Summer max (Jan) 26.9°C 25.2°C
Winter min (Jul) 8.1°C 7.7°C

Council rates

Minlaton Yorketown
Average residential rate $1,494/yr
same for both
Council Yorke Peninsula
same for both

Federal electorate

Minlaton Yorketown
Division Grey
same for both
Member Tom Venning
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Minlaton Yorketown
Grant amount $15,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Minlaton

Affordable Retirees Rural

Yorketown

Affordable Quiet Retirees Rural

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