Tumby Bay
2,963 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 2,669 km², 10 suburbs. Council website: tumbybay.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
2,963
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.3% in a year
Density
1.1/km²
2,669 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$393k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$283
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
4.4 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
6 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
10
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
- 52
- Median household income
- $1,139/week
- Median rent
- $210/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,138/month
- Households renting
- 19.1%
- Average household
- 2.2 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 6 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 7 of 10
Suburbs
10 suburbs where Tumby Bay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumby Bay | 1,781 | All | – / 95% | 3 | |
| Port Neill | 218 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Lipson | 211 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Ungarra | 156 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Yallunda Flat | 120 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Brooker | 90 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Cockaleechie | 79 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Butler (SA) | 69 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Koppio | 61 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Moody | 19 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Hincks | 18% | – / – |
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
97%
Over 10 of 11 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
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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
- Flinders · Sam Telfer (LIB)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 2026-09-24.