Murray Bridge SA 5253
Located in South Australia, Murray Bridge sits 76 km from Adelaide CBD, around 59 minutes by car. The suburb has 15,043 residents, a median age of 42, and a median household income of $52,260 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 3.3% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $240 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,083. The area shows high crime risk. 8 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Murray Bridge a good suburb?
Murray Bridge scores a D (23/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on schools, safety, and community.
Below the state average
8 schools · Bottom 1% in SA
Very walkable
Walkability 89/100 · 75.8 km · 59 min drive to Adelaide
Median available
Median $592K
High crime risk
Fire 39/100 · Crime 88/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 42 · 15,043 residents
Liveability Rating
23 / 100 · Ranked #487 in SAEach bar is Murray Bridge's rank among SA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
23 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMurray Bridge's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $592,000, roughly 15% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$592,000
Based on 239 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 27 days — median across 114 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 22 sales $495K
- 3 bed 138 sales $565K
- 4 bed 65 sales $695K
- 5 bed 9 sales $685K
Land
$325,000
Based on only 8 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 30 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Murray Bridge are currently listed at around $650,000 on average. Based on 157 houses listed in the past six months.
$650K
157 houses listed in the last 6 months.
158 of the suburb's 5,998 dwellings (2.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Murray Bridge rent for around $540 a week on average, based on 197 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$540/wk
197 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$230/wk
13 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
210 rentals advertised against an estimated 2,519 rented homes (8.3%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Apr–Jun 2026- 3-bed houses
- $480/wk
- 100 bonds
- +69% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $328/wk
- 10 bonds
- +54% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025109 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 28% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5253.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$540/week ($28,000 a year) on a $650,000 median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Murray Bridge safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Murray Bridge sits in the high band, with 1,558 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 9% on the prior year.
1,558 offences
8.9% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202520 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. This state’s crash data does not name the road.
Schools
Eight schools serve Murray Bridge, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 3,507 students across 8 schools (avg 438)
- • Sectors: 5 Government, 2 Independent, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 818-1004, median 921 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Murray Bridge High School (1,228 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Murray Bridge is very walkable on foot — at 89/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 6 supermarkets, 17 parks and 7 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Murray Bridge.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 21.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 9.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 2.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 12.5 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Murray Bridge.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 18%
- Premises covered
- 8,230
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Murray Bridge: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 34 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Murray Bridge is home to about 15,000 residents, with a median age of 42, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $52,000 a year, with unemployment at 7.7%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
15,043
Median Age
42
Median Household Income
$52,260/yr
Census Median Rent
$240/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,083/mo
Avg Household Size
2.2
Median Personal Income
$29,848/yr
Unemployment Rate
7.7%
Unoccupied Dwellings
11.7%
Total Dwellings
5,998
Owner-Occupier Rate
58.0%
Houses
85.0%
Rental Stress
23.9%
Mortgage Stress
24.9%
Work From Home
4.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
469 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 73 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 2,387 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 78.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 80.7%
- Employment Rate
- 44%
- Completed Year 12
- 28.0%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
448 residents (3.0%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
7.1% of residents (1,004) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Adelaide (826).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 14,225 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
2% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (101 of 5,496).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 6,571 people work here; 5,496 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.2 per resident). At least 11% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,478 a year through Murray Bridge based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 49%
- Rural and farming 14%
- Environmental 12%
- Industrial 8%
- Other and special use 7%
- Infrastructure and transport 7%
- Commercial 2%
- Parks and recreation 1%
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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Murray Bridge
In the year to August 2026, 274 new dwellings were approved across Murray Bridge. That mix is 223 houses and 51 units. Approvals are up 51.4% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Murray Bridge, 1.5 kmDry climate — very hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 29 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Annual rainfall
- 337 mm
- 64 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.0°C
- 31 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 5.7°C
- 3 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
2 facilities within 5 km- 1.6 kmMeat ProcessingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 3.5 km
EV adoption
In postcode 5253, 44 of 17,701 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.6% (288 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5253, 5,692 rooftop-solar systems totalling 38.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 8,557 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 340 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$15,000 for new homes.
No purchase-price cap. Stamp duty is fully exempted for eligible first-home buyers as a separate concession.
Mortgage repayments
4 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 5 across postcode 5253.
Conveyance duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with RevenueSA
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Tony Pasin Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tony Pasin | 37.0% | 63.0% | +3.6 |
| 2022 | Tony Pasin | 33.4% | 66.6% | -2.3 |
| 2019 | Tony Pasin | 31.1% | 68.9% | +5.1 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Robert Roylance Pauline Hanson's One Nation
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Robert Roylance ON | 54.9% |
| 2022 | Adrian Pederick LP | 55.1% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2024, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of South Australia.
Looking at a specific address in Murray Bridge?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Murray Bridge
Is Murray Bridge a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Murray Bridge is high (88/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Murray Bridge?
Murray Bridge has a low recorded bushfire history (39/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Murray Bridge a good place to live?
Murray Bridge has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (23/100), ranked against other SA suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Murray Bridge?
Murray Bridge, SA had a population of 15,043 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Murray Bridge, SA?
The postcode for Murray Bridge, SA is 5253.
How far is Murray Bridge from Adelaide?
Murray Bridge is 76 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 59 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Murray Bridge?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Murray Bridge was $52,260 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Murray Bridge?
The median advertised rent in Murray Bridge is $540 a week for houses (197 listings) and $230 a week for units (13 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Murray Bridge?
The median age of residents in Murray Bridge was 42 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Murray Bridge at risk of bushfire?
Murray Bridge has a low recorded bushfire history (39/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Murray Bridge?
There are 8 schools inside the Murray Bridge boundary: 2 at and 5 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Murray Bridge walkable?
Murray Bridge scores 89/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Murray Bridge?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge (1.5 km away), summer days average 30°C, winter nights 5.7°C, 337 mm of rain a year over 64 rainy days, and 31 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Murray Bridge?
First-home buyers in SA may be eligible for $15,000 towards new homes. The grant is administered by RevenueSA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Murray Bridge belong to?
Murray Bridge sits within the Murray Bridge local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Murray Bridge?
The average residential rates bill through Murray Bridge is $2,478 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Murray Bridge?
Across Murray Bridge, 274 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 51.4% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Murray Bridge in?
Murray Bridge sits within the federal Division of Barker, currently held by Tony Pasin (Liberal).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2026
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2026
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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