IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 868
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
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Housing
Coober Pedy
South Australia · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Coober Pedy is a leafy residential suburb of Coober Pedy.
Household income
$764/wk6th pctile
of 1,632 SA suburbs
Amenity score
39/10089th pctile
of 711 rated SA suburbs
Median house price
No Valuer-General median for Coober Pedy.
South Australia's open Valuer-General suburb median feed covers metropolitan Adelaide only. We have no median for Coober Pedy from this feed. ABS median established-house price, Greater Adelaide: $980k; Rest of SA: $595k.
How it compares
Household income / wk6th percentile
<$450ABS Census 2021$3,749+
Percentiles rank this suburb against South Australia suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in South Australia and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
1,566
Median age
50 yrs
Income / person / wk
$498
Household income / wk
$764
▼ 47% vs SA
Median rent / wk
$163
Mortgage / month
$630
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 13%
- −15 pts vs SA
- Living alone
- 53%
- +25 pts vs SA
- Unemployment
- 12%
- +6 pts vs SA
- In the labour force
- 43%
- −17 pts vs SA
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 12%
- −11 pts vs SA
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 32%
- +5 pts vs SA
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 4%
- −5 pts vs SA
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. SA figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
674 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 88%
- Flat or apartment 6%
- Semi, terrace & other 6%
SA: 78% separate houses · 7% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 41%
- Mortgaged 14%
- Rented 33%
- Other & not stated 12%
SA: 32% owned outright · 36% mortgaged · 28% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 868
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 832
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 868
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within South AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
150 m
range 118–242 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Not yet assessed: the Code applies its precautionary Evidence Required overlay to most of this suburb. Not yet assessed: the Code applies its precautionary Regional or Outback bushfire overlay to most of this suburb. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
Show on map →- Rural71%
- Conservation23%
- Industrial & employment3.9%
- Low-density residential2.1%
- Open space & recreation0.2%
- Growth area, deferred or unzoned0.1%
- Centres & mixed use0.1%
- Infrastructure & special purpose<0.1%
In a heritage area
0%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Listed heritage places
2
local & State places in the Code
Planning instrument: Planning and Design Code. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Listed-place counts follow each state's own list, so they do not compare across states. Source: SA Planning and Design Code zones; SA Code heritage & character overlays.
Local amenities
Schools
1
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
3
Parks
1
Libraries
2
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
14.4 km
Nearest train
44.2 km
Nearest hospital
13.7 km
Distance to coast
373 km
Grocery mix: 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 31%
- Top language at home
- Greek · 3%
- No religion
- 31%
- Born overseas
- 33%
- English only at home
- 72%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 0 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 1 / 1
- Nearest secondary
- 14.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Coober Pedy
- Population
- 1,526 (2025) · -1.0% in a year
- Area / density
- 78 km² · 20/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 50 · $764/wk household income · $163/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $80k
- Federal grants
- $1.18M in 2025-26 · $774/resident
- Website
- cooberpedy.sa.gov.au
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. ABS and Dept of Infrastructure data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Grey
- Federal MP
- Tom Venning (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 55% 2PP
- State electorate
- Stuart
- State MP
- Geoff Brock (IND)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Planning and Design Code overlays (Hazards — Flooding, and Flooding — General), Government of South Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU); Planning and Design Code overlays (Hazards — Bushfire), Government of South Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU); Planning and Design Code Zones, Government of South Australia (PlanSA) (CC BY 3.0 AU); Planning and Design Code Overlays (heritage and character), Government of South Australia (PlanSA) (CC BY 3.0 AU); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.