Tintinara vs Mount Charles
Tintinara is the younger of the two, with a median age of 35 against 44 in Mount Charles. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Tintinara, about half of households are people living alone. In Mount Charles, most households are couple families. On these figures, Tintinara tends to suit people living alone and families with children, while Mount Charles suits couples.
Tintinara is a larger, more established community of 544 people with a younger median age of 35 years, while Mount Charles is a very small settlement of 58 people with a median age of 44 years. Mount Charles has notably higher median household income at $94,224 compared to Tintinara's $75,660, and ranks higher on the socio-economic decile at 9 versus 6. Tintinara is closer to the CBD at 188.2 km and has rental options available, but carries a higher bushfire risk of 57 compared to Mount Charles at 20—a meaningful difference worth considering if fire safety is a priority.
Written by an AI language model from the figures below. Every number in it is checked against those figures before it is published.
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 76%)
- But Mount Charles is already more of a family suburb (62% vs 45%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Mount Charles
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (6% vs 13%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Mount Charles
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $150/wk)
Weighs rent.
Commuting to the city
Tintinara
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (45/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (127 min vs 166 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (188.2 km vs 223.3 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Tintinara
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- is more walkable (45/100 vs 0/100)
- has more GPs (2 vs 0)
- But Mount Charles has more units and townhouses to downsize into (24% vs 2%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Mount Charles
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (45.0% vs 3.2%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Tintinara and Mount Charles 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 rents higher ($150/wk vs $0/wk); Tintinara has more residents (544 vs 58).
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 544 +89% vs other | 58 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +3.2% | +45.0% |
| Median age | 35 | 44 |
| Median household income | $75,660/yr | $94,224/yr +25% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $150/wk (not reported on the other side) | — |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.0%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (10.3%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (13.8%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $315,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 28 across Coorong | 12 across Tatiara |
| Approvals change year on year | -50% | -33% |
Ranking within SA
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 50% of SA | Higher than 72% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 79% of SA | Higher than 14% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | — | Higher than 16% of SA |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 47% of SA | Higher than 7% of SA |
Liveability
Tintinara is more walkable (45 vs 0).
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 43/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
Tintinara carries more bushfire risk (57 vs 20).
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 57/100 | Low 20/100 |
| Crime | Low 30/100 | Low 28/100 |
| 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
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 1 | 0 |
Schools in Tintinara
- Tintinara Area School Government · Combined below peers
Schools in Mount Charles
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 1 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 7 | 1 |
| Childcare | 1 | 0 |
| GPs | 2 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 3 | 0 |
| Waterways | 1 | 0 |
Mobility
Mount Charles sits further from the CBD (223.3 km vs 188.2 km).
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 45/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 188.2 km | 223.3 km +19% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 127 min | 166 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 5266 | 0.1% postcode 5267 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 63 postcode 5266 | 60 postcode 5267 |
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
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 21 m above sea level, at the suburb centre same for both | |
NBN connectivity
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 29/100 | 15/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless | Satellite (Sky Muster) |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 260 premises | 0% 8 premises |
Climate
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 425 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 29.9°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 5.7°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,465/yr | $1,656/yr |
| Council | Coorong | Tatiara |
Federal electorate
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Barker same for both | |
| Member | Tony Pasin same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Tintinara | Mount Charles | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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