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Coober Pedy SA 5723

677 addresses · 98 streets

Grey Electorate › Coober Pedy LGA › Coober Pedy · 751 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Coober Pedy is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 1,566 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $764 a week, with median rent near $163 a week. Most homes are houses. About 59% of households own their home and 35% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,566Population
50Median age
$764Median household income / wk
$163Median rent / wk
1.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Coober Pedy statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Coober Pedy itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Bus interchange: Greyhound Australia, 500 m south · Airport: Coober Pedy Airport, 4.6 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 0.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Coober Pedy

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

Tree cover measures, Coober Pedy SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20200.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20210.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 11.7% · Labour-force participation 43.2%

Population by age in Coober Pedy
Population by age, Coober Pedy SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-467
5-14122
15-1973
20-2448
25-34216
35-44168
45-54194
55-64232
65-74246
75-84171
85+29
Dwelling types in Coober Pedy
Dwelling types, Coober Pedy SA (ABS Census 2021)
House592
Townhouse13
Apartment41
Other22
Households by weekly income in Coober Pedy
Households by weekly income, Coober Pedy SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650244
$650-1,499177
$1,500-2,999116
$3,000+30
Top ancestries in Coober Pedy
Top ancestries, Coober Pedy SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian344
English328
Ancestry NS296
Aboriginal204
Other179
German93
Housing tenure in Coober Pedy
Housing tenure, Coober Pedy SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned279
Mortgage93
Rented221
Other38
Cars per household in Coober Pedy
Cars per household, Coober Pedy SA (ABS Census 2021)
069
1281
2193
362
4+31
Commute to work in Coober Pedy
Commute to work, Coober Pedy SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car364
Train0
Bus6
Tram/ferry0
Walked54
Bicycle0
Home27
Top countries of birth in Coober Pedy
Top countries of birth, Coober Pedy SA (ABS Census 2021)
Sri Lanka68
England45
Greece45
Philippines41
Croatia23
Germany18
Languages used at home in Coober Pedy
Languages used at home, Coober Pedy SA (ABS Census 2021)
Sinhalese71
Greek70
Australian Indigenous36
Croatian30
Serbian23
German15

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,253 bird observations recorded near Coober Pedy — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Coober Pedy

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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