Victor Harbor
17,457 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 385 km², 9 suburbs. Council website: victor.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
17,457
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.8% in a year
Density
45/km²
385 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$665k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$49
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
20.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
3 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
9
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
- 60
- Median household income
- $980/week
- Median rent
- $290/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,300/month
- Households renting
- 20.7%
- Average household
- 2.1 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 3 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 4 of 10
Suburbs
9 suburbs where Victor Harbor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encounter Bay | 5,305 | All | 4% / 79% | 3 | |
| Victor Harbor | 4,520 | All | 17% / 72% | 2 | |
| Hayborough | 2,238 | All | – / 51% | 2 | |
| McCracken | 2,076 | All | – / 57% | 2 | |
| Hindmarsh Valley | 648 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Lower Inman Valley | 517 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Waitpinga | 374 | 97% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Inman Valley | 361 | 46% | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Back Valley | 176 | 88% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Mount Jagged | 155 | 30% | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Hindmarsh Tiers | 111 | All | – / 100% | 7 |
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.
Flood planning land
10%
Over 2 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
- Mayo · Rebekha SHARKIE (XEN)100%
State districts
- Finniss · David Basham (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.