SA suburbs where you’re most likely to score hard rubbish gold

There’s not much in the world better than a sweet hard rubbish find – and during a cost of living crisis this can become more than simply an enjoyable hunt and a fun hobby for many, but a necessary option to keep costs down and help balance family budgets. But where do you find such curbside bounty? Well, a new study has revealed the SA suburbs where you’re most likely to score some free vintage furniture. Australian furniture and homewares specialist, The Furniture Trader have crunched Census data on income, home ownership, professional occupation, over-55 population and nearby second-hand and vintage furniture retail density. It used these data points to create a ranking to determine where Australia’s best quality preloved furniture had the highest chance of turning up. Not all hard rubbish is crap. If you’re smart you can get some amazing pieces. Picture: Nathan Dyer And in South Australia, with a Furniture Goldmine Score (yep, that’s what they call it …) of 67.75 out of 100, that’s Hallett Cove. Here the median household income is $97,292, and the suburb has a home ownership rate of 84.67 per cent, with almost a quarter of these (23.3 per cent) employed in a professional occupa...