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Vivonne Bay, 5223

Est. population · Jun 2025

102

Growth (1 yr)

+1.0%

Growth (5 yr)

+6.3%

Median age

40

Median income

$1,249/wk

Employment rate

63%

University qualified

29.6%

Work from home

27.3%

Languages at home

4.8%non-English

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

  • Beach
  • Green suburb
  • Agricultural
  • Remote
What Vivonne Bay is known for: Beach, Green suburb, Agricultural, Remote

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Suburb profile

Vivonne Bay is a remote locality in South Australia, in Kangaroo Island Council. The Kangaroo Island is part of the surrounding geography.

Local amenities is an exceptional strength, well above typical levels for remote localities. University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group, and mapped flood cover is another area where the suburb performs particularly well, and green cover is another of the suburb's defining strengths, and population has been growing faster than in comparable places, and socio-economic advantage is another of the suburb's defining strengths.

Overall, Vivonne Bay suits people prioritising university qualifications and 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

Remote locality · compared with remote localities in South Australia (321)

Strengths

  • University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group
  • Mapped flood cover is a relative strength
  • Green cover is a relative strength
  • Local amenity access is stronger than in most comparable places
  • Population has been growing faster than in comparable places
  • Socio-economic advantage is a relative strength

Weaknesses

No relative weaknesses against comparable places.

What stands out

  • Vivonne Bay Beach
  • Kangaroo Island

Who it suits

  • StudentsInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Vivonne Bay compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent (Census)

$190/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (ERP)

102

+1.0% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

55.2%

Census unoccupied dwellings

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Crime rate

29th

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

73rd

percentile in SA

Rented dwellings

30%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

6/10

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

Population

Estimated resident population

102(June 2025)

+1.0% annual · +6.3% over 5 years · 73th percentile in SA

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+1.0%
5-year growth
+6.3%
Change in 1 year
+1
Change in 5 years
+6
Growth rank in SA
73th 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 (~100), extrapolated at +1.1% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
95
Median age
40
Median household income / week
$1,249
Dwelling vacancy
55.2%
Unoccupied private dwellings
37 of 67
Median monthly mortgage
$921
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$190
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
51.9% / 18.5% / 29.6%
Employment rate
63%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
27.3% / 0% / 61.4%
Walked or cycled to work
15.9%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
29 / 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

29.6% of adults have a university degree, compared with 22.6% across South Australia. 14.1% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified29.6% · 22.6% SA
  • Trade / vocational14.1% · 17.5% SA
  • Year 12 or below56.3% · 51.2% SA

Highest qualification field

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

  • Engineering and related technologies25.9%
  • Management and commerce25.9%
  • Natural and physical sciences22.2%
  • Health14.8%
  • Agriculture and environment11.1%
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)
$45,076

14th percentile in SA · -23% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$48,477

17th percentile in SA · -25% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
16.0%

88th percentile in SA · +16% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$65,968

32nd percentile in SA · +4% vs Australia

Residents with business income
18.0%

99th percentile in SA · +73% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 5223 — 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
2,370
Taxpayers reporting net rent
376
Median net rent
$2,981
Taxpayers reporting business income
427
Taxable income vs state median
-17%
Salary / wages vs state median
-16%
Rental investment vs state median
+33%
Super vs state median
-15%
Business income vs state median
+64%

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

Seasonal & agricultural work

40.9% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 17.8× the Australian share (2.3%) — compared with 3.8% across South Australia.

Agriculture, forestry & fishing
40.9%

81st percentile in SA · +1678% vs Australia

Resident workers (2021)
18
WHM specified work
Subclass 417 / 462

Postcode 5223

Occupation mix in this industry

2021 Census G56, residents employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Counts below 10 are not shown.

  • Managers15

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile tables G54 (industry of employment) and G56 (industry by occupation), Statistical Area Level (suburb), place of usual residence. Figures are residents’ main job in the week before Census night — not jobs located in the suburb. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the 1-digit ANZSIC division; grape growing and other 3- and 4-digit industries are not in this datapack. The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Plant and animal cultivation in postcode 5223 (Regional Australia) may count as specified work for Working Holiday Maker visas (subclasses 417 and 462). This is a postcode rule from the Home Affairs instruments — not evidence that seasonal jobs exist here, and not a count of WHM residents. Home Affairs specified work · LIN 22/012 · LIN 22/013. Compilation used: 5 April 2025.

Region employment estimates (SA4, not this suburb)

Jobs and Skills Australia NERO modelled estimates for South Australia - South East (SA4 407), 2026-08. These figures describe the broader region, not this suburb, and occupations are not added together.

  • Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12134,568
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12143,627
  • Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 84151,363
  • Crop Farmers ANZSCO 12121,073
  • Crop Farm Workers ANZSCO 8412992
  • Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators ANZSCO 7211833
  • Forestry and Logging Workers ANZSCO 8413346
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8416308
  • Other Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers ANZSCO 8419301
  • Aquaculture Workers ANZSCO 841110

South Australia - South East is a Statistical Area Level 4. Fruit, nut and vegetable workers are not published separately in NERO (they sit under ANZSCO 8412). Jobs and Skills Australia warns not to sum occupations or geographies. NERO data. Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, Jobs and Skills Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. CC BY 4.0.

Census employed residents counted in G54: 44 · AFF share +976% vs the state.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — industry of employment (G54/G56), place of usual residence — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated · Resident main job in the week before Census night, not jobs located in the suburb

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

  • WHM specified work areas (LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013) — Department of Home Affairs · 2025-04-05 · Updated · Postcode eligibility for plant and animal cultivation; not a count of WHM residents
  • Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), SA4 × ANZSCO 4-digit — Jobs and Skills Australia · 2026-08 · Updated · Monthly modelled SA4 estimates; not suburb-level. CC BY 4.0

Community & culture

4.8% speak a language other than English at home; 19.5% born overseas

Language at home
79 English only · 4 other
Non-English at home
4.8%
Born overseas
17 (19.5%)
Australian citizens
75

Religion

55.8%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 55.8%, while Christianity accounts for 25.3%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion55.8%45.2%
Christianity25.3%40%
Other / not stated18.9%14.7%

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)
2
Against the person
1
Against property
1
Rate per 1,000 residents
19.6
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 95 residents
State crime-rate percentile
28.6th (higher = more crime)
Family & domestic abuse offences
17
No change (daily rate)
0%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
6
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
58.82

Most common offence types

  • Motor Vehicle Theft And Related Offences1
  • Other Acts That Harm Or Endanger Persons1

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

8 mapped amenities

6 beaches · 1 campgrounds

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
Walkability proxy
0/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
0
Sport & outdoors(7)
  • Beach (6)
  • Vivonne Bay Conservation ParkNature reserve
Camping & holiday parks(1)
  • Vivonne Bay CampgroundCampground

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
52%
Woodland / forest cover
52%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
41
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
24°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
Kangaroo Island Health Service (58.3 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

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
3
Participants per 1,000 residents
29.4

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
24° / 14°
Rainfall
55 mm · ~7 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
20° / 12°
Rainfall
144 mm · ~18 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
15° / 9°
Rainfall
278 mm · ~35 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
19° / 10°
Rainfall
131 mm · ~16 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.

18 planning-related records

2025· 2 proposals

  • December 2025

  • Construction of 15.1m x 7.8m x 3.6m shed for machinery and fire-fighting appliance storage.
    4765B SOUTH COAST RD VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Decision Made

  • July 2025

  • Single storey dwelling and associated earthworks and rainwater tanks
    51 BAYVIEW RD VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Under Assessment
2024· 1 proposal

  • March 2024

  • Construction of a detached dwelling, a domestic outbuilding, and ancillary rainwater tanks (two 25,000 litre tanks)
    43 BAYVIEW RD VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Decision Made
2023· 5 proposals

  • December 2023

  • Construction of 12.0m x 8.0m x 3.6m storage shed (agricultural building)
    LOT 835 HARRIET RD VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Decision Made

  • June 2023

  • New dwelling with deck and 2 x 22,000 litre water tanks
    11 CRABB RD VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Decision Made
  • New single storey dwelling, shed and two (2) 22 500L rainwater tanks and one (1) 20 000L dedicated water supply tank for fire fighting.
    338A JETTY RD VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Decision Made

  • May 2023

  • New Single storey detached dwelling with shed and two x 22,500 litre tanks
    28 CRABB RD VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Under Assessment
  • Single storey detached dwelling and 37kL colorbond water storage tank.
    23 FLINDERS RD VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Under Assessment
2022· 5 proposals

  • December 2022

  • Construction of a detached dwelling and associated garage, retaining walls up to a maximum height of 1400mm, and two 25,000 L rainwater tanks.
    25 FLINDERS RD VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Decision Made

  • June 2022

  • Single-storey dwelling alterations and additions and deck (maximum height 1.2 metres) and associated earthworks
    1934 HARRIET RD VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Decision Made

  • March 2022

  • Construction of an elevated single storey detached dwelling including spa pool and water storage tank, freestanding deck and associated earthworks
    13 DOLPHIN CR VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Decision Made
  • Telecommunications Facility - comprising a slim line lattice tower supported by 3 anchored guy wires, 2.3 metre high security fenced compound and 2x equipment cabinets, ground-mounted solar array and protective barriers
    392 MOUNT STOCKDALE RD VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Decision Made

  • February 2022

  • Construction of a single storey detached dwelling with combined outbuilding
    7 DOLPHIN CR VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Decision Made
2021· 3 proposals

  • September 2021

  • Construction of a detached dwelling comprising two (2) separate modules (sleeping and living modules) including associated water tanks and earthworks
    39 BAYVIEW RD VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Decision Made

  • August 2021

  • Construction of an outbuilding
    66 KNOFEL DR VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Decision Made

  • June 2021

  • Construction of a single storey detached dwelling with carport, water tanks and retaining walls
    338B JETTY RD VIVONNE BAY SA 5223Decision Made
Other· 2 proposals
  • MOGAS REGIONAL PTY LTD
    Hydrocarbon and ChemicalEPA licence
  • TYE JAMES BOYLE
    Hydrocarbon and ChemicalEPA licence

Data sources & freshness

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies
Flood / inundation overlay
98.4% 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
Mayo
Member of Parliament
Rebekha SHARKIE (Centre Alliance)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
137,818
Turnout (2025)
94.2%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+3.4 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 45.0%Labor 55.0%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 125.0 km away).

Coalition 69.6%Labor 30.4%

24.6 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -10.1 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • ParndanaLabor 21.6% · Coalition 78.4% TPP (2025)25.5 km away
  • KingscoteLabor 44.9% · Coalition 55.1% TPP (2025)59.9 km away
  • Special Hospital Team 5Labor 25.0% · Coalition 75.0% TPP (2025)60.2 km away
  • American RiverLabor 42.5% · Coalition 57.5% TPP (2025)64.7 km away
  • PenneshawLabor 50.6% · Coalition 49.4% TPP (2025)79.5 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)
6/10
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

More in Kangaroo Island Council

Other suburbs in the same local government area.

Comparable suburbs

Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of South Australia.