Culburra vs Tintinara
Tintinara is the younger of the two, with a median age of 35 against 43 in Culburra. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Culburra, most households are people living alone. In Tintinara, about half of households are people living alone.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
Tintinara
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (7 vs 1)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (98% vs 87%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Culburra sits closer to the CBD (179.8 km vs 188.2 km)
- Tintinara is more walkable (45/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Culburra has more units and townhouses to downsize into (13% vs 2%)
- Tintinara is more walkable (45/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Culburra and Tintinara drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Tintinara has more residents (544 vs 81); Culburra skews older (43 vs 35).
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 81 | 544 +572% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +5.2% | +3.2% |
| Median age | 43 | 35 |
| Median household income | $74,724/yr | $75,660/yr +1% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $150/wk same for both | |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.5%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (13.8%).
Property market
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $315,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 100% same for both | |
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 28 across Coorong same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -50% same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 49% of SA | Higher than 50% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 4% of SA | Higher than 79% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | — same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 37% of SA | Higher than 47% of SA |
Liveability
Tintinara is more walkable (45 vs 0).
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | C |
| Score | — | 43/100 |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 |
Risk profile
Tintinara carries more bushfire risk (57 vs 43).
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 43/100 | Moderate 57/100 |
| Crime | Low 30/100 same for both | |
| Flood | — same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 | 1 |
Schools in Culburra
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Tintinara
- Tintinara Area School Government · Combined below peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 0 | 1 |
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 7 |
| Childcare | 0 | 1 |
| GPs | 0 | 2 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 1 |
| Fuel stations | 0 | 3 |
| Waterways | 0 | 1 |
Mobility
Tintinara sits further from the CBD (188.2 km vs 179.8 km).
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 | 45/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 179.8 km | 188.2 km +5% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 123 min | 127 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 5261 | 0.0% postcode 5266 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 54 postcode 5261 | 63 postcode 5266 |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (64.2%).
Setting
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 19 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 21 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 26/100 | 29/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 37 premises | 0% 260 premises |
Council rates
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,465/yr same for both | |
| Council | Coorong same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Barker same for both | |
| Member | Tony Pasin same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Culburra | Tintinara | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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