Goyder
4,141 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 6,715 km², 49 suburbs. Council website: goyder.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to Aug 2026.
Population
4,141
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.1% in a year
Density
0.6/km²
6,715 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$330k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$829
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
2.9 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to Aug 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
3 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
49
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
- 51
- Median household income
- $916/week
- Median rent
- $190/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $867/month
- Households renting
- 18.1%
- Average household
- 2.2 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 3 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 3 of 10
Suburbs
49 suburbs where Goyder holds most residents, plus 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burra (SA) | 1,112 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Eudunda | 815 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Robertstown | 223 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Booborowie | 205 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Farrell Flat | 201 | 93% | – / – | 2 | |
| Hallett | 166 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Terowie | 135 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Dutton | 133 | 11% | – / 55% | 3 | |
| Point Pass | 123 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Mount Bryan | 114 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Neales Flat | 78 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Hampden (SA) | 75 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Ngapala | 61 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Willalo | 59 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Emu Downs | 52 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Buchanan (SA) | 51 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Whyte Yarcowie | 50 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Hansborough | 47 | 71% | – / – | 4 | |
| Leighton | 46 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Brownlow | 43 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Australia Plains | 41 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Bower | 41 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Sutherlands | 33 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Gum Creek | 30 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Steinfeld | 30 | 13% | – / 84% | 3 | |
| Apoinga | 29 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Canowie Belt | 29 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Hanson | 23 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Peep Hill | 22 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| Julia | 21 | All | – / – | 3 | |
| North Booborowie | 21 | All | – / – | 2 | |
| Brady Creek | 19 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Bright (SA) | 18 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Frankton | 15 | 83% | – / – | 3 | |
| Worlds End (SA) | 14 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Baldina | 12 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Collinsville (SA) | 11 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Porter Lagoon | 8 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Rocky Plain (SA) | 8 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Burra Eastern Districts | 7 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Koonoona | 7 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Mongolata | 7 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Mount Bryan East | 7 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Geranium Plains | 5 | All | – / – | 1 | |
| Canowie | 3 | All | – / – | 6 | |
| Bundey | All | – / – | |||
| Franklyn | All | – / – | |||
| Hallelujah Hills | All | – / – | |||
| Pine Creek (SA) | All | – / – | |||
| Ulooloo | All | – / – | |||
| Wonna | 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
61%
Over 2 of 51 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%
- Barker · Tony PASIN (LP)1%
State districts
- Stuart · Geoff Brock (IND)58%
- Ngadjuri42%
- Chaffey · Tim Whetstone (LIB)1%
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.