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Coffin Bay SA 5607

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Grey Electorate › Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA › Coffin Bay · 288 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Coffin Bay is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 664 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,254 a week, with median rent near $273 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

664Population
57Median age
$1,254Median household income / wk
$273Median rent / wk
2.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Eyre Peninsula statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Coffin Bay itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Port Lincoln Airport, 37.8 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs3/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 9.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Coffin Bay

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Coffin Bay SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20209.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202147.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.5% · Labour-force participation 48.6%

Population by age in Coffin Bay
Population by age, Coffin Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-430
5-1455
15-1915
20-2419
25-3452
35-4467
45-5476
55-64127
65-74147
75-8474
85+7
Dwelling types in Coffin Bay
Dwelling types, Coffin Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
House280
Townhouse4
Apartment0
Other5
Households by weekly income in Coffin Bay
Households by weekly income, Coffin Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65042
$650-1,499120
$1,500-2,99977
$3,000+29
Top ancestries in Coffin Bay
Top ancestries, Coffin Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
English311
Australian291
Scottish71
Irish65
German46
Ancestry NS31
Housing tenure in Coffin Bay
Housing tenure, Coffin Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned135
Mortgage83
Rented55
Other7
Cars per household in Coffin Bay
Cars per household, Coffin Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
03
197
2130
336
4+21
Commute to work in Coffin Bay
Commute to work, Coffin Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car200
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked12
Bicycle0
Home15
Top countries of birth in Coffin Bay
Top countries of birth, Coffin Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
England31
New Zealand6
Thailand6
Germany5
India5
France4
Languages used at home in Coffin Bay
Languages used at home, Coffin Bay SA (ABS Census 2021)
French4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

5,366 bird observations recorded near Coffin Bay — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Coffin Bay

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Image — Michael Coghlan from Adelaide, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).