Copley SA 5732
51 addresses · 10 streets
Grey Electorate › Unincorporated SA LGA › Copley · 487 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Copley is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 83 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $575 a week, with median rent near $85 a week. Most homes are houses. About 55% of households own their home and 45% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, English. 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 Outback statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Copley itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
2 hospitals
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
1 bakery
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Leigh Creek Airport, 5 km south.
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: 0.1% 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 | 0.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 30% · Labour-force participation 44.8%
Population by age in Copley
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 14 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Copley
| House | 35 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Copley
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Copley
| Aboriginal | 47 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
| English | 12 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Australian | 11 |
| Scottish | 6 |
Housing tenure in Copley
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 15 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Copley
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Copley
| Car | 4 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Copley
| England | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Copley
| Australian Indigenous | 22 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,694 bird observations recorded near Copley — most often seen:
- Black Swan (246)
- Musk Duck (242)
- Eurasian Coot (211)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (206)
- Whistling Kite (201)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (198)
- Grey Teal (190)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (186)
- Little Black Cormorant (179)
- Great Crested Grebe (174)
- Zebra Finch (173)
- Australian Pelican (171)
- Little Pied Cormorant (169)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Copley
- Willie Wagtail (166)
- Magpie-lark (150)
- Crested Pigeon (149)
- Australian Raven (147)
- Black-faced Woodswallow (147)
- Emu (134)
- Great Cormorant (124)
- White-faced Heron (123)
- Blue-billed Duck (118)
- White-winged Fairy-wren (117)
- Silver Gull (115)
- Welcome Swallow (115)
- Singing Honeyeater (113)
- Hardhead (111)
- Tree Martin (109)
- Australasian Grebe (105)
- Great Egret (105)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Copley:
- Leigh Creek Station (3.3 km)
- Leigh Creek (5 km)
- North Moolooloo (11.5 km)
- Myrtle Springs (18.5 km)
- Puttapa (20.4 km)
- Burr Well (24.4 km)
- Beltana (28.8 km)
- Lyndhurst (30.3 km)
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Streets
- Browne Street (3)
- East Terrace (2)
- Murray Street (18)
- Railway Terrace (11)
- Railway Terrace E (6)
- Railway Terrace W (3)
- South Terrace (1)
- The Outback Highway (1)
- West Terrace (4)
- William Street (2)
