Strengths and weaknesses
Remote locality · compared with remote localities in South Australia (321)
Strengths
No relative strengths against comparable places.
Weaknesses
- Employment is a relative weakness
What stands out
- Darling River
SA · Unincorporated SA Council
Tarcoola, 5701
- Remote
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Suburb profile
Tarcoola is a remote locality in South Australia, in Unincorporated SA. It is close to the Darling River.
Employment is a relative weakness, with employment 100% below the peer median.
Few other published measures stand out from similar places, so this profile stays brief rather than filling gaps with unsupported detail about the locality.
Employment is the most material weakness.
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.
Housing, growth and risk
How Tarcoola compares
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median house price
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No data available
Median rent
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No data available
Population (ERP)
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No data available
Dwelling vacancy
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No data available
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Population
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 0
- Median age
- 0
- Median household income / week
- $0
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 0 of 0
- Median monthly mortgage
- $0
- Employment rate
- 0%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 0 / 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.
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
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
Offence counts & rates
- Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
- 0
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)
Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates
Data sources & freshness
- Road crash locations in South Australia — Department for Infrastructure and Transport (SA) · Road Crashes 2020-2024 (geojson) · Updated · Latest 5-year located-crash extract
Family & Lifestyle
Amenities
1 mapped amenities
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 0/100
Other(1)
- Track
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.
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
- 32°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
- Ceduna District Health Service (179.3 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
- Hospitals, GPs and aged care (SA) — SA Health / OpenStreetMap / AIHW GEN aged care service list · current · Updated
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
- 32° / 17°
- Rainfall
- 44 mm · ~6 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 25° / 12°
- Rainfall
- 45 mm · ~6 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 18° / 6°
- Rainfall
- 63 mm · ~8 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 26° / 11°
- Rainfall
- 67 mm · ~8 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 (lodged 2020–2026) and EPA licensed activities.
2 planning-related records
2024· 2 proposals
April 2024
- Removal of existing solar panels, installation of two new power huts, two permanent on-site generators and the establishment of a new compound for solar panel arraysLOT 11 RAILWAY TCE TARCOOLA SA 5701;LOT 7 TARCOOLA RD TARCOOLA SA 5701Under Assessment
- Removal of existing solar panels, installation of two new power huts, two permanent on-site generators and the establishment of a new compound for solar panel arraysLOT 11 RAILWAY TCE TARCOOLA SA 5701;LOT 7 TARCOOLA RD TARCOOLA SA 5701Under Assessment
Data sources & freshness
- PlanSA development applications & EPA licences — Government of South Australia — PlanSA · 2020–2026 · Updated
Heritage
1 heritage place
- Tarcoola Goldfield, Government Battery and Township [Designated as a place of archaeological significance]TARCOOLAState heritage
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)
Heritage listings as established streetscape
Data sources & freshness
- SA Heritage Places database — Department for Environment and Water (SA) · current · Updated
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
- Bushfire, flood and hazard overlays (SA) — SA Planning / Department for Infrastructure and Transport · current · Updated · Planning Code bushfire and flood overlays
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 227.4 km away).
Coalition 61.5%Labor 38.5%
6.9 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +8.2 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- CedunaLabor 40.0% · Coalition 60.0% TPP (2025)179.7 km away
- Coober PedyLabor 49.2% · Coalition 50.8% TPP (2025)187.9 km away
- Special Hospital Team 10Labor 64.3% · Coalition 35.7% TPP (2025)188.7 km away
- WirrullaLabor 21.8% · Coalition 78.2% TPP (2025)190.6 km away
- Smoky BayLabor 23.7% · Coalition 76.3% TPP (2025)195.8 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
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
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