Ramsay vs Stansbury

Ramsay is the younger of the two, with a median age of 47 against 61 in Stansbury. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Ramsay, the large majority of households are couple families. In Stansbury, most households are people living alone. On these figures, Ramsay tends to suit families with children and couples, while Stansbury suits people living alone and older residents.

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

  • Ramsay is already more of a family suburb (81% vs 32%)
  • Stansbury carries lower crime risk (28/100 vs 44/100)

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

First-home buyers

Ramsay

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (14% vs 28%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Ramsay

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (14% vs 27%)
  • has cheaper rent ($220/wk vs $250/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Stansbury

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (37/100 vs 0/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (208 km vs 216.9 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Stansbury

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (37/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (42% vs 19%)
  • carries lower crime risk (28/100 vs 44/100)

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

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

Ramsay Stansbury
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.

Ramsay Stansbury
Walkability 0 / 37
Ramsay — Walkability: 0/100 Stansbury — Walkability: 37/100
Safety 56 / 72
Ramsay — Safety: 56/100 Stansbury — Safety: 72/100
Low fire risk 70 / 63
Ramsay — Low fire risk: 70/100 Stansbury — Low fire risk: 63/100

Demographics

Stansbury has more residents (603 vs 74); Ramsay has higher household incomes ($81,224 vs $48,724).

Ramsay Stansbury
Population 74 603
+715% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -2.6% -6.9%
Median age 47 61
Median household income $81,224/yr
+40% vs other
 $48,724/yr
Median weekly rent $220/wk $250/wk
+14% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Ramsay Stansbury
0-4 14.9% / 3.6%
Ramsay — 0-4: 14.9% Stansbury — 0-4: 3.6%
5-14 5.4% / 9.1%
Ramsay — 5-14: 5.4% Stansbury — 5-14: 9.1%
15-19 8.1% / 1.7%
Ramsay — 15-19: 8.1% Stansbury — 15-19: 1.7%
20-24 9.5% / 1.3%
Ramsay — 20-24: 9.5% Stansbury — 20-24: 1.3%
25-34 9.5% / 8.1%
Ramsay — 25-34: 9.5% Stansbury — 25-34: 8.1%
35-44 8.1% / 6.0%
Ramsay — 35-44: 8.1% Stansbury — 35-44: 6.0%
45-54 5.4% / 9.1%
Ramsay — 45-54: 5.4% Stansbury — 45-54: 9.1%
55-64 27.0% / 19.1%
Ramsay — 55-64: 27.0% Stansbury — 55-64: 19.1%
65-74 12.2% / 22.1%
Ramsay — 65-74: 12.2% Stansbury — 65-74: 22.1%
75-84 6.8% / 16.6%
Ramsay — 75-84: 6.8% Stansbury — 75-84: 16.6%
85+ — / 2.8%
Ramsay — 85+: not among its largest Stansbury — 85+: 2.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (27.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Ramsay 81.2% couple families
Ramsay — Couple Families: 81.2% Ramsay — Lone Person: 18.8% Ramsay — One Parent Families: 0.0% Ramsay — Group Household: 0.0%
Stansbury 24.8% couple families
Stansbury — Couple Families: 24.8% Stansbury — Lone Person: 63.4% Stansbury — One Parent Families: 6.9% Stansbury — Group Household: 4.8%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Ramsay 12.0% renting
Ramsay — Owned Outright: 64.0% Ramsay — Mortgage: 24.0% Ramsay — Renting: 12.0%
Stansbury 16.3% renting
Stansbury — Owned Outright: 60.5% Stansbury — Mortgage: 23.3% Stansbury — Renting: 16.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Ramsay 100.0% houses
Ramsay — Houses: 100.0% Ramsay — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Stansbury 96.3% houses
Stansbury — Houses: 96.3% Stansbury — Flats / Apartments: 3.7%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Ramsay Stansbury
Certificate III & IV 24.3% / 19.4%
Ramsay — Certificate III & IV: 24.3% Stansbury — Certificate III & IV: 19.4%
Bachelor Degree 18.9% / 4.5%
Ramsay — Bachelor Degree: 18.9% Stansbury — Bachelor Degree: 4.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma — / 8.5%
Ramsay — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest Stansbury — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 2.0%
Ramsay — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Stansbury — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.3%).

Property market

Ramsay Stansbury
Median house price — $670,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $295,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 26 days
from 12 sales

Zoning mix

Ramsay Stansbury
Rural and farming 99% 90%
Environmental 1% 4%
Industrial 0% 3%
Residential 0% 2%
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

Ramsay Stansbury
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.

Ramsay Stansbury
Houses — 3.6%
$470/wk on $670K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within SA

Ramsay Stansbury
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 56% of SA Higher than 15% of SA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 19% of SA Higher than 77% of SA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 10% of SA —
NBN connectivity Higher than 37% of SA Higher than 52% of SA
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 35% of SA

Liveability

Stansbury is more walkable (37 vs 0).

Ramsay Stansbury
Grade — C
Score — 41/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Ramsay carries more crime risk (44 vs 28).

Ramsay Stansbury
Bushfire Low
30/100
 Low
37/100
Crime Moderate
44/100
 Low
28/100
Flood —
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
 High
79/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Ramsay Stansbury
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Ramsay

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Stansbury

  • Stansbury Primary School Government · Primary

Amenities in the suburb

Ramsay Stansbury
Supermarkets 0 1
Parks & reserves 2 0
Pharmacies 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 1

Mobility

Ramsay sits further from the CBD (216.9 km vs 208 km).

Ramsay Stansbury
Walkability score 0/100 37/100
Distance to Adelaide 216.9 km
+4% vs other
 208 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 151 min 148 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 5575
 0.0%
postcode 5582
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 64
postcode 5575
 73
postcode 5582

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.

Ramsay Stansbury
Car (driver) 46.8% / 75.0%
Ramsay — Car (driver): 46.8% Stansbury — Car (driver): 75.0%
Worked from Home 36.2% / 15.5%
Ramsay — Worked from Home: 36.2% Stansbury — Worked from Home: 15.5%
Walked Only 8.5% / 7.4%
Ramsay — Walked Only: 8.5% Stansbury — Walked Only: 7.4%
Car (passenger) 8.5% / 2.0%
Ramsay — Car (passenger): 8.5% Stansbury — Car (passenger): 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.0%).

Setting

Ramsay Stansbury
Elevation 72 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 6 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 9.1 km 199 m

NBN connectivity

Ramsay Stansbury
Connectivity score 26/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
32 premises
 0%
482 premises

Climate

Ramsay Stansbury
Annual rainfall 374 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 25.2°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.7°C
same for both

Council rates

Ramsay Stansbury
Average residential rate $1,494/yr
same for both
Council Yorke Peninsula
same for both

Federal electorate

Ramsay Stansbury
Division Grey
same for both
Member Tom Venning
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Ramsay Stansbury
Grant amount $15,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Ramsay

Rural Young Families

Stansbury

Coastal Quiet Retirees Rural

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