SA · Wattle Range Council

Koorine, 5279

Est. population · Jun 2025

56

Growth (1 yr)

0.0%

Growth (5 yr)

+5.7%

Median age

36

Median income

$2,187/wk

Employment rate

54.1%

University qualified

0%

Work from home

0%

Languages at home

14.3%non-English

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

  • Rural living
What Koorine is known for: Rural living

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Suburb profile

Koorine is a rural locality in South Australia, in Wattle Range Council.

Rents are unusually low against comparable places, with median rents 29% below the peer median. Household incomes are a relative strength, with household incomes 59% above the peer median, and population has been growing faster than in comparable places, well above typical levels for rural localities. The main trade-offs are thinner local amenities and fewer university qualifications, with local amenities 100% below the peer median.

Overall, the suburb suits people prioritising lower rents over local amenities.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Rural locality · compared with rural localities in South Australia (602)

Strengths

  • Rents are unusually low against comparable places
  • Household incomes are a relative strength
  • Population has been growing faster than in comparable places

Weaknesses

  • Local amenity access is relatively limited
  • University qualifications are less common than in comparable places

What stands out

Nothing distinctive beyond the usual profile.

Who it suits

  • StudentsInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Koorine compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$300/wk

Population (ERP)

56

0.0% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

20.0%

Census unoccupied dwellings

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Crime rate

25th

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

23rd

percentile in SA

Rented dwellings

19%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

5/10

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

Housing

Houses (01/01/26 to 31/03/26)
$300

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 (10%) · Future Growth (6%)

Household crowding and healthy vacancy — not cheapness Modest price change as a healthy-growth band

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

56(June 2025)

0.0% annual · +5.7% over 5 years · 23th percentile in SA

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
0.0%
5-year growth
+5.7%
Change in 1 year
0
Change in 5 years
+3
Growth rank in SA
23th 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 (~50), extrapolated at +0.8% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
53
Median age
36
Median household income / week
$2,187
Dwelling vacancy
20%
Unoccupied private dwellings
3 of 15
Median monthly mortgage
$1,625
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$248
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
43.8% / 37.5% / 18.8%
Employment rate
54.1%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
0% / 0% / 81.8%
Walked or cycled to work
0%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
14 / 0 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted 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

Qualifications

0% of adults have a university degree, compared with 22.6% across South Australia. 13.2% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • Trade / vocational13.2% · 17.5% SA
  • Year 12 or below86.8% · 51.2% SA

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Management and commerce100%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$39,956

4th percentile in SA · -32% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$44,273

10th percentile in SA · -32% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
7.0%

4th percentile in SA · -49% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$49,475

15th percentile in SA · -22% vs Australia

Residents with business income
10.0%

41st percentile in SA · -4% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 5279 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
266
Taxpayers reporting net rent
18
Median net rent
$7,382
Taxpayers reporting business income
27
Taxable income vs state median
-26%
Salary / wages vs state median
-23%
Rental investment vs state median
-42%
Super vs state median
-36%
Business income vs state median
-9%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in SA, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Community & culture

14.3% speak a language other than English at home; 9.3% born overseas

Language at home
36 English only · 6 other
Non-English at home
14.3%
Born overseas
4 (9.3%)
Australian citizens
41

Religion

43.4%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 43.4%, while 26.4% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion26.4%45.2%
Christianity43.4%40%
Other / not stated30.2%14.7%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic30.2%15.5%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Reported offences are unchanged compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2025–26)
1
Against the person
0
Against property
1
Rate per 1,000 residents
17.9
State crime-rate percentile
24.9th (higher = more crime)
Family & domestic abuse offences
4
No change (daily rate)
0%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
3
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
53.57

Most common offence types

  • Obtain Benefit By Deception1

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Amenities

No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0%
Woodland / forest cover
0%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
0
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
22°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
Millicent and Districts Hospital and Health Service (23.5 km)
Nearest hospital type
Public Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
1
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

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
22° / 12°
Rainfall
103 mm · ~13 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
19° / 10°
Rainfall
186 mm · ~23 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
14° / 7°
Rainfall
325 mm · ~41 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
17° / 9°
Rainfall
210 mm · ~26 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

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· 2 proposals
  • July 2026

  • Dwelling alterations and additions
    1063 KANGAROO FLAT RD KOORINE SA 5279Under Assessment
  • February 2026

  • Detached Dwelling
    771 LAKE LEAKE RD KOORINE SA 5279Decision Made
2025· 1 proposal
  • September 2025

  • Agricultural Building
    LOT 130 SUNNYMEADE RD KOORINE SA 5279Decision Made
2023· 2 proposals
  • October 2023

  • Detached Dwelling
    40 THREE CHAIN RD KOORINE SA 5279Decision Made
  • September 2023

  • Agricultural Building
    40 THREE CHAIN RD KOORINE SA 5279Decision Made
2021· 1 proposal
  • August 2021

  • Demolition or removal of existing transportable dwelling. New single-storey detached dwelling with integral garage.
    1092 KANGAROO FLAT RD KOORINE SA 5279Decision Made
2020· 1 proposal
  • October 2020

  • Agricultural Building (Shed) - Extension to Existing Shed
    368 THREE CHAIN RD KOORINE SA 5279Decision Made
Other· 2 proposals
  • SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WATER CORPORATION
    Resource Recovery Waste Disposal and RelatedEPA licence
  • WATTLE RANGE COUNCIL
    Resource Recovery Waste Disposal and RelatedEPA licence

Data sources & freshness

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies
Flood / inundation overlay
100% of suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid against all current SA Planning risk layers (high, medium, general, urban interface, regional, outback). Flood cover is the share of the suburb boundary overlapping current SA Planning flood overlays (flooding and evidence required). Safer places from CFS designated locations.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Barker
Member of Parliament
Tony PASIN (Liberal)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
127,045
Turnout (2025)
92.6%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+3.6 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 63.0%Labor 37.0%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 23.4 km away).

Coalition 66.2%Labor 33.9%

3.2 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +1.2 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • GlencoeLabor 32.9% · Coalition 67.1% TPP (2025)6.0 km away
  • KalangadooLabor 30.2% · Coalition 69.8% TPP (2025)8.8 km away
  • Mount BurrLabor 42.0% · Coalition 58.0% TPP (2025)17.0 km away
  • TantanoolaLabor 34.8% · Coalition 65.2% TPP (2025)17.1 km away
  • NangwarryLabor 41.6% · Coalition 58.4% TPP (2025)19.8 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

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
5/10
IRSD decile (2021)
6/10

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 (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

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