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SA · Yorke Peninsula Council
Coobowie, 5583
Est. population · Jun 2025
279
Growth (1 yr)
+1.4%
Growth (5 yr)
+8.6%
Median age
59
Median income
$877/wk
Employment rate
38.4%
Languages at home
Mostly English at home
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Coastal
- Excellent transport
- High desirability
Suburb profile
Well away from Adelaide, Coobowie is a coastal smaller community built around sand, sea and space. Retirees and empty-nesters are well represented here. Local eateries and coffee spots give the area a friendly, everyday social rhythm.
Open space is thinner than in many coastal suburbs, so residents often travel a little further for a longer park day. Day-to-day life is more car-oriented here, with buses covering longer trips across the wider area. Purchase and rent costs sit on the more affordable side of the local range.
Reported crime has been rising recently. Tree-lined streets and established homes set the tone, with little pressure to reinvent the neighbourhood.
Desirability sits below average overall, with community and employment the main drag compared with similar coastal suburbs. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
At a glance
Coobowie snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$440/wk
Population (ERP)
279
+1.4% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
58.0%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#50
among Coastal & beach · Mature
Safety
11th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
84th
percentile in SA
Advantage (IRSAD)
1/10
national SEIFA decile
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 23.2/100 — Below average
- National rank
- 6483rd in Australia
- State rank
- 642nd in SA
- Peer rank
- #50 among Coastal & beach · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #69 among Coastal & beach suburbs
- Data confidence
- 60%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- Houses (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)
- $440
Median weekly rent from SA Housing Authority rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Median house sale prices cover metropolitan Adelaide and selected fringe councils (19 LGAs, including Adelaide Hills and Gawler), not all of regional South Australia.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- SA rent report & metro median house sales — Government of South Australia · 1 January - 31 March 2026 · Updated · Quarterly; metro-fringe sales only
Population
Estimated resident population
279(June 2025)
+1.4% annual · +8.6% over 5 years · 84th percentile in SA
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.4%
- 5-year growth
- +8.6%
- Change in 1 year
- +4
- Change in 5 years
- +22
- Growth rank in SA
- 84th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~300), extrapolated at +0.8% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 258
- Median age
- 59
- Median household income / week
- $877
- Dwelling vacancy
- 58%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 156 of 269
- Median monthly mortgage
- $975
- Employment rate
- 38.4%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 106 / 0 / 0 (+ 9 other)
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences increased compared with the previous period.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (2024–25)
- 3
- Against the person
- 0
- Against property
- 3
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 10.8
- State safety percentile
- 10.6th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate)
- +200.8%
Most common offence types
- Graffiti1
- Other Property Damage And Environmental1
- Other Theft1
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- SAPOL reported crime statistics — South Australia Police — OpenData · 2023-24 → 2024-25; 2024-25 · Updated · Financial-year releases
Family & Lifestyle
Public transport
4 public transport stops in this suburb
- Beach Rd / St Vincent Hwy - North side (Coobowie Phone Box)
- Beach Rd / St Vincent Hwy - South side (Coobowie Phone Box)
- Gilbert St / Beach Rd - West side (Coobowie Hotel)
- St Vincent Hwy / Beach Rd - East side (Oppo Coobowie Hotel)
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- Adelaide Metro GTFS stops — Department for Infrastructure and Transport (SA) · current · Updated
Amenities
7 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
1 pubs
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 8/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 3.88
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 0
Food & drink(1)
- Coobowie HotelPub
Shopping(1)
- Coobowie General StoreConvenience store
Community(1)
- Coobowie HallCommunity centre
Sport & outdoors(1)
- Sports field
Other(3)
- Coobowie Caravan ParkCaravan Site
- Post Box
- Telephone
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Nearest hospital
- Southern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Yorketown) (10.8 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Public Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & GP Plus clinics (SA) — SA Health · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 5
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 17.9
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 27° / 16°
- Rainfall
- 49 mm · ~6 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 22° / 13°
- Rainfall
- 94 mm · ~12 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 16° / 8°
- Rainfall
- 161 mm · ~20 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 21° / 11°
- Rainfall
- 95 mm · ~12 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Planning & development
Development applications from PlanSA register and EPA licensed activities.
2026· 9 proposals
August 2026
- Outbuilding (Carport)29 BEACH RD COOBOWIE SA 5583Under Assessment
July 2026
- Outbuilding (Community Shed)23 BEACH RD COOBOWIE SA 5583Under Assessment
- New Carport12 ANSTEY TCE COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
June 2026
- Outbuilding (garage)69 BEACH RD COOBOWIE SA 5583Under Assessment
May 2026
- VerandahLOT 48 BOWDEN ST COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- Replacement of Dust Plant 201 cyclone collector with a bag house collector.483 HICKEYS DR COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
April 2026
- Outbuilding (carport)108 BEACH RD COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
February 2026
- Single storey detached dwelling including verandahs, decking, steps & rampLOT 61 BOWDEN ST COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
January 2026
- Expansion of existing bulk handling and storage facility including two (2) new bunkers, a truck marshalling area, two (2) classification huts, an ablution block, roadways and associated stormwater basins483 HICKEYS DR COOBOWIE SA 5583;545 HICKEYS DR COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
2025· 16 proposals
November 2025
- Single storey detached dwelling & associated outbuildings (carport & shed)LOT 48 BOWDEN ST COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- Land division (boundary realignment)1 GILES ST W COOBOWIE SA 5583;7 DEASE ST COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- New Outbuilding (Shed) and attached Carport24 GILES ST E COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- Verandah & Outbuilding16 ANSTEY TCE COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
October 2025
- Two Storey Detached DwellingLOT 1 RATTLEY DR COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
September 2025
- Outbuilding (shed)82 BEACH RD COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
July 2025
- Swimming Pool and Safety Fence6 BEACH RD COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- Outbuilding (garage/storage shed) & Carport97 BEACH RD COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- Outbuilding - Shed62 BEACH RD COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
June 2025
- we are erecting a carport in front of an existing garage on the side of the property adjacent to the house.12 GILES ST E COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
May 2025
- Carport extension abutting existing garage & Verandah29 GILES ST E COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- Single storey detached dwelling13 FOWLER ST COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- Two-storey Detached Dwelling61 BEACH RD COOBOWIE SA 5583Under Assessment
April 2025
- 1 into 2 Torrens Title Land Division21 BEACH RD COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
February 2025
- Single storey detached dwelling48 HICKEYS DR COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
January 2025
- Two-storey detached dwelling including balcony6 PARRINGTON ST COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
2024· 17 proposals
December 2024
- Outbuilding (Shed)8 HICKEYS DR COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- Two storey detached dwelling76 HICKEYS DR COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- Outbuilding (shed)4A WEAVER ST COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
November 2024
- Outbuilding - Shed483 HICKEYS DR COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
October 2024
- Outbuilding (Carport)15 GILES ST E COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
September 2024
- Single Storey Detached DwellingLOT 2 DEASE ST COOBOWIE SA 5583Under Assessment
- Replacement Building (Outbuilding - Garage)48 HICKEYS DR COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
August 2024
- Outbuildings (shed, carport & verandah)87 BEACH RD COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- installation of solar farm and balance of system equipment545 HICKEYS DR COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
July 2024
- Construction of additional 46,000 tonne of grain storage bunkers & associated roadworks, drainage and bunker wall 1.3m high; Replacement of steel bunker walls with concrete bunker walls (2 bunkers); Retrospective replacement of steel bunker walls with concrete bunker walls (2 bunkers)483 HICKEYS DR COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- Single storey detached dwelling42 BEACH RD COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
May 2024
- Outbuilding, Carport and Verandah4 PARRINGTON ST COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- Removal of existing balcony & carport, build new balcony & carport.103 BEACH RD COOBOWIE SA 5583Under Assessment
March 2024
- NO NEW DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE REBUILD NEW CARPORT REPLACING EXISTING ""LIKE FOR LIKE"" - NO NEW DEVELOPMENT Can council please clarify if planning fees are required for this application? Thankyou.1 COUTTS ST COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- Single Storey Detached Dwelling10 FOWLER ST COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
February 2024
- Outbuilding (shed)LOT 60 BOWDEN ST COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
- Single Storey Detached Dwelling & Outbuilding (Shed)6A FOWLER ST COOBOWIE SA 5583Decision Made
Contributes to desirability score · Future Growth (7%)
Development and planning activity
Data sources & freshness
- PlanSA development applications & EPA licences — Government of South Australia — PlanSA · 2026 · Updated
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- Overlay applies
- Bushfire safer places
- 1
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid against all current SA Planning risk layers (high, medium, general, urban interface, regional, outback). Safer places from CFS designated locations.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Bushfire & hazard overlays (SA) — Government of South Australia · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Grey
- Member of Parliament
- Tom VENNING (Liberal)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 128,707
- Turnout (2025)
- 89.4%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +5.4 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 54.6%Labor 45.4%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 32.3 km away).
Coalition 61.3%Labor 38.7%
6.7 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +1.7 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- CoobowieLabor 38.6% · Coalition 61.4% TPP (2025)0.5 km away
- EdithburghLabor 46.9% · Coalition 53.1% TPP (2025)5.2 km away
- YorketownLabor 33.6% · Coalition 66.4% TPP (2025)11.1 km away
- StansburyLabor 39.0% · Coalition 61.0% TPP (2025)16.1 km away
- Hardwicke BayLabor 32.9% · Coalition 67.2% TPP (2025)29.3 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 1/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 2/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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