Mintaro, SA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Mintaro is a small heritage town in the eastern Clare Valley of South Australia, about 126 kilometres north of Adelaide and roughly 18 kilometres south-east of Clare. The Ngadjuri people are recorded as the original inhabitants of the Clare Valley, and the town's name is now generally thought to be Aboriginal, perhaps from a word meaning netted water. Europeans settled from 1841, and the township was laid out in 1849 by Joseph and Henry Gilbert; it grew as a stop for teams hauling copper ore from the Burra mines. Slate quarried nearby from the 1850s is still worked today, and the whole village became a state heritage area in 1984. Mintaro is also known for Martindale Hall, a grand mansion used in the film Picnic at Hanging Rock. Tourism, slate and wine sustain it.
More advantaged than the national average
Mintaro is more socio-economically advantaged than about 70% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1022, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Mintaro a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Mintaro from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
70/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (70/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
48/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $295 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 48% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Mintaro at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 218
- Median age
- 52
- Median weekly household income
- $1,437
- SEIFA score
- 1022
- Local government area
- Clare and Gilbert Valleys
- Coordinates
- -33.9328, 138.7653
Map of Mintaro
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Housing & property in Mintaro
What it costs to live in Mintaro and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $295
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,475
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 80%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 8%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Mintaro demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Mintaro demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Mintaro using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 31% and 13% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 30 | 13% |
| Youth (15–24) | 16 | 7% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 41 | 18% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 71 | 31% |
| Seniors (65+) | 68 | 30% |
Share of the 226 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 36 | 46% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 27 | 34% |
| Rented | 6 | 8% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 84 | 97% |
| Townhouses & semis | 3 | 3% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 87 occupied private dwellings in Mintaro.
- Average household size
- 2.4 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,833
- Median weekly personal income
- $759
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 27 (13%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 4 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 0 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 103 (56%)
- Labour-force participation
- 61.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.6%
- Employed full-time
- 56
- Employed part-time
- 53
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Mintaro
Is Mintaro a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Mintaro rates 63/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Mintaro?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Mintaro was $295, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,475. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Mintaro?
Mintaro is a suburb of South Australia, Australia, in the Clare and Gilbert Valleys local government area.
What is the population of Mintaro?
At the 2021 Census, Mintaro had a population of about 218.
Is Mintaro an advantaged area?
Mintaro has an ABS SEIFA score of 1022, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 70 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 70% of Australian suburbs.
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