Average rent in Barmera, SA — 2026

Barmera sits below the South Australia median, with the typical renter paying $200/week — 29% less than the state-wide $283/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 73% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 21% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (91%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 6,401, the median age is 48, and the most common occupation is Labourers. 11% of residents were born overseas. Barmera is 190km from Adelaide, often putting it outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date. Your reported figure above gives the live read; the Census number anchors the historical baseline.