Wool Bay vs Coobowie
Coobowie is the younger of the two, with a median age of 59 against 62 in Wool Bay. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Coobowie: a median of $564,000, against $380,000 in Wool Bay. On these figures, Wool Bay tends to suit people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget.
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
Wool Bay
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (10/100 vs 38/100)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (102% vs 91%)
- But Coobowie is already more of a family suburb (37% vs 24%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
They split
one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here
- Wool Bay has cheaper houses ($380,000 vs $563,750)
- Coobowie leaves households under less mortgage stress (26% vs 35%)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Coobowie
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (21% vs 9%)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (23% vs 29%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Wool Bay
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (219.4 km vs 224.7 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Wool Bay
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (10/100 vs 38/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Wool Bay
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (11.6% vs 4.5%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Wool Bay and Coobowie 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
Coobowie has more residents (258 vs 154); Coobowie has higher household incomes ($45,604 vs $36,400).
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 154 | 258 +68% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +11.6% | +4.5% |
| Median age | 62 | 59 |
| Median household income | $36,400/yr | $45,604/yr +25% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $200/wk same for both | |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.0%).
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 (7.1%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 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 (22.7%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $380,000 | $563,750 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $550,000 | — |
Zoning mix
Wool Bay has more industrially zoned land (13% vs 1%).
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 84% | 91% |
| Industrial | 13% | 1% |
| Environmental | 0% | 5% |
| Residential | 1% | 2% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 1% | 0% |
| 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
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 97 across Yorke Peninsula same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -18% same for both | |
Ranking within SA
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 4% of SA | Higher than 11% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 70% of SA | Higher than 73% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 11% of SA | — |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 66% of SA | Higher than 61% of SA |
Liveability
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 4/10 | high-need area decile 1/10 |
Risk profile
Coobowie carries more crime risk (38 vs 10).
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Low 10/100 | Low 38/100 |
| Flood | — | Low 32/100 |
| Coastal erosion | Low 23/100 | Low 18/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 1 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Amenities in the suburb
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 1 |
| Childcare | 1 | 0 |
Mobility
Coobowie sits further from the CBD (224.7 km vs 219.4 km).
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 17/100 | 23/100 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 219.4 km | 224.7 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 157 min | 158 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.1% postcode 5575 | 0.0% postcode 5583 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 64 postcode 5575 | 62 postcode 5583 |
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 (80.3%).
Setting
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 28 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 5 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 311 m | 95 m |
NBN connectivity
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 174 premises | 0% 246 premises |
Climate
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 374 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 25.2°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 7.7°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,494/yr same for both | |
| Council | Yorke Peninsula same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Grey same for both | |
| Member | Tom Venning same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Wool Bay | Coobowie | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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