Copper Coast
16,601 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 773 km², 27 suburbs. Council website: coppercoast.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to Aug 2026.
Population
16,601
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.6% in a year
Density
22/km²
773 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$450k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$197
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
14.0 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to Aug 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
2 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
27
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 54
- Median household income
- $997/week
- Median rent
- $250/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,177/month
- Households renting
- 23.7%
- Average household
- 2.2 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
27 suburbs where Copper Coast holds most residents, plus 1 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallaroo (SA) | 3,699 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Kadina | 2,944 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Moonta Bay | 2,633 | All | – / 0% | 2 | |
| New Town (SA) | 1,291 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| North Beach (SA) | 676 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Port Hughes | 647 | All | – / – | 5 | |
| Moonta | 624 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| North Moonta | 605 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Jerusalem | 424 | All | – / – | 4 | |
| Wallaroo Mines | 408 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Tickera | 194 | 7% | – / – | 3 | |
| Moonta Mines | 177 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Cross Roads (SA) | 155 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Paskeville | 149 | 88% | – / – | 1 | |
| East Moonta | 130 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Matta Flat | 82 | All | – / 0% | 4 | |
| Willamulka | 65 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Warburto | 58 | All | – / – | 5 | |
| Boors Plain | 56 | All | – / – | 5 | |
| Wallaroo Plain | 51 | All | – / – | 8 | |
| Cunliffe | 50 | All | – / – | 5 | |
| Hamley | 31 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Thrington | 23 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Yelta (SA) | 21 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Jericho (SA) | 17 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Kooroona | 17 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Paramatta | 9 | All | – / – | 5 | |
| North Yelta | All | – / – |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Bushfire-prone land
0%
Over 2 of 28 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Grey · Tom VENNING (LP)100%
State districts
- Narungga · Fraser Ellis (IND)100%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every South Australia council on the council map or the South Australia council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-11-05.