Coonalpyn SA 5265
338 addresses · 34 streets
Barker Electorate › Coorong LGA › Coonalpyn · 143 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Coonalpyn is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 350 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,025 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the The Coorong statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Coonalpyn itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
1 park
1 medical clinic
1 gym
1 golf club
1 bakery
1 mechanic
1 place to stay
Socio-economic Standing
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: 8.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 8.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 15.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 54%
Population by age in Coonalpyn
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 32 |
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 41 |
| 35-44 | 42 |
| 45-54 | 38 |
| 55-64 | 67 |
| 65-74 | 59 |
| 75-84 | 24 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Coonalpyn
| House | 144 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 12 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Coonalpyn
| <$650 | 44 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 46 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 36 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Coonalpyn
| English | 154 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 127 |
| German | 69 |
| Scottish | 40 |
| Ancestry NS | 30 |
| Irish | 19 |
Housing tenure in Coonalpyn
| Owned | 70 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 33 |
| Rented | 34 |
| Other | 16 |
Cars per household in Coonalpyn
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 52 |
| 2 | 51 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 20 |
Commute to work in Coonalpyn
| Car | 86 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 22 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 32 |
Top countries of birth in Coonalpyn
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 7 |
| Philippines | 7 |
| Scotland | 6 |
Languages used at home in Coonalpyn
| Italian | 3 |
|---|---|
| Filipino | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
338 bird observations recorded near Coonalpyn — most often seen:
- Rock Dove (21)
- Galah (19)
- Australian Magpie (18)
- Little Corella (18)
- Red Wattlebird (17)
- New Holland Honeyeater (16)
- Noisy Miner (16)
- Common Starling (13)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (13)
- Eastern Rosella (13)
- Crested Pigeon (12)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (12)
- House Sparrow (12)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Coonalpyn
- Common Bronzewing (11)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (10)
- Willie Wagtail (10)
- Black-winged Currawong (9)
- Eastern Galah (9)
- Little Raven (9)
- Shy Heathwren (9)
- Southern Weebill (9)
- Magpie-lark (8)
- Yellow-rumped Pardalote (8)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (7)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (7)
- Southern Scrub-robin (7)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (7)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (6)
- Eurasian Blackbird (6)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6)
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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Streets
- Burns Road (8)
- Butler Road (1)
- Carcuma Road (2)
- Cold And Wet Road (9)
- Coombe Terrace (20)
- Dent Road (6)
- Dukes Highway (10)
- Elliott Road (1)
- Freak Road (4)
- George Terrace (21)
- Gibbs Street (2)
- Heinrich Road (5)
- High Street (23)
- Jacobs Road (1)
- Lutze Road (2)
- Malcolm Terrace (1)
- Mallee Lane (1)
- Mcintosh Way (11)
- Miegel Road (1)
- Mockett Road (2)
- Morton Street (1)
- Nicholson Road (4)
- Pascoe Road (9)
- Paynter Terrace (29)
- Peake Terrace (55)
- Poyntz Terrace (36)
- Railway Terrace (34)
- Railz Road (5)
- Richards Terrace (1)
- Roberts Road (2)
- Tauragat Well Road (15)
- Todd Road (1)
- Venning Road (14)
- Walter Road (1)
