Coobowie SA 5583
370 addresses · 23 streets
Grey Electorate › Yorke Peninsula LGA › Coobowie · 80 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Coobowie is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 258 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $877 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yorke Peninsula - South statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Coobowie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Yorketown Airport, 11.2 km west.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 0.3% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 5.4% · Labour-force participation 40.6%
Population by age in Coobowie
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 30 |
| 55-64 | 47 |
| 65-74 | 47 |
| 75-84 | 40 |
| 85+ | 14 |
Dwelling types in Coobowie
| House | 106 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 9 |
Households by weekly income in Coobowie
| <$650 | 37 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 32 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Coobowie
| English | 128 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 80 |
| German | 28 |
| Scottish | 23 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
Housing tenure in Coobowie
| Owned | 54 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 26 |
| Rented | 21 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Coobowie
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 47 |
| 2 | 39 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Coobowie
| Car | 53 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Coobowie
| England | 17 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,957 bird observations recorded near Coobowie — most often seen:
- Pied Cormorant (182)
- House Sparrow (162)
- White-faced Heron (158)
- Common Starling (145)
- Black Swan (128)
- Giinbaywarraymal (123)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (121)
- Common Greenshank (120)
- Australian Pelican (116)
- Little Pied Cormorant (107)
- Rock Dove (107)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (107)
- Chestnut Teal (95)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Coobowie
- Southern Willie Wagtail (91)
- Silver Gull (89)
- Caspian Tern (84)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (83)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (83)
- Little Raven (82)
- Red-necked Stint (82)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (80)
- Eurasian Blackbird (76)
- Western Red Wattlebird (74)
- Crested Tern (69)
- West Coast Pacific Gull (69)
- Singing Honeyeater (68)
- Red Wattlebird (67)
- Black-faced Cormorant (64)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (63)
- Great Egret (62)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Coobowie:
- Edithburgh (4.8 km)
- Wool Bay (6.1 km)
- Sultana Point (7.7 km)
- Honiton (9.8 km)
- Yorketown (12.1 km)
- Stansbury (15.9 km)
- Port Moorowie (20.4 km)
- Ramsay (26.5 km)
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Streets
- Anstey Terrace (32)
- Beach Road (128)
- Bowden Street (8)
- Causeway Road (1)
- Coutts Street (10)
- Daniell Street (1)
- Dease Street (14)
- Elliot Street (1)
- Fowler Street (15)
- Gilbert Street (12)
- Giles Street (20)
- Giles Street E (29)
- Giles Street W (12)
- Government Road (1)
- Gumbowie Road (4)
- Hickeys Drive (50)
- Lake Fowler Road (2)
- Parrington Street (8)
- Port Giles Road (2)
- Rattley Drive (5)
- St Vincent Highway (5)
- Substation Road (1)
- Weaver Street (9)