Coober Pedy SA 5723
Located in South Australia, Coober Pedy sits 850 km from Adelaide CBD, around 9 hours by car. The town has 1,566 residents, a median age of 50, and a median household income of $39,728 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The town fell 11.1% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $163 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $630. Coober Pedy is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 1 school sits within the town boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is Coober Pedy a good town?
Coober Pedy scores a D (20/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on safety and community.
Mixed results
1 school
Some car dependence
Walkability 43/100 · 850.4 km · 538 min drive to Adelaide
Median available
Median $91K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 98/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 50 · 1,566 residents
Liveability Rating
20 / 100 · Ranked #504 in SAEach bar is Coober Pedy's rank among SA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
How do you rate the liveability in Coober Pedy?
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Our score
20 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataThe median house sale price in Coober Pedy sits at $91,000, broadly flat year-on-year.
Houses
$91,000
Based on 20 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 35 days — median across 7 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $56K
- 5 bed 5 sales $185K
Land
$15,000
Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Coober Pedy are currently listed at around $124,000 on average, with the typical listing on the market for 50 days. Based on 12 houses listed in the past six months.
$124K
12 houses listed in the last 6 months — typical time on market 50 days.
12 of the suburb's 674 dwellings (1.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Coober Pedy rent for around $230 a week on average, based on 4 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$230/wk
4 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
4 rentals advertised against an estimated 251 rented homes (1.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Apr–Jun 2026- 3-bed houses
- $250/wk
- 20 bonds
- +18% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$230/week ($12,000 a year) on a $124,000 median
Based on a small sample (4 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Coober Pedy safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Coober Pedy sits in the high band, with 559 incidents recorded in 2026 — down about 9% on the prior year.
559 offences
9.4% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20255 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. This state’s crash data does not name the road.
Schools
One school serves Coober Pedy, but none have published comparable ratings yet.
- • 175 students in one school (avg 175)
Combined
Walkability
Coober Pedy is car-dependent on foot — at 43/100, most errands require a car. Within the town there are 1 supermarket, 3 parks and 7 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Coober Pedy.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 36%
- Premises covered
- 1,002
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Coober Pedy: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 8 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Coober Pedy is home to about 1,600 residents, with a median age of 50 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $40,000 a year, with unemployment at 11.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,566
Median Age
50
Median Household Income
$39,728/yr
Census Median Rent
$163/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$630/mo
Avg Household Size
1.8
Median Personal Income
$25,896/yr
Unemployment Rate
11.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
69.1%
Total Dwellings
674
Owner-Occupier Rate
62.7%
Houses
87.8%
Rental Stress
21.3%
Mortgage Stress
19.0%
Work From Home
6.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
19 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 5 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 221 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 52.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 58.1%
- Employment Rate
- 38.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 29.9%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
84 residents (5.4%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
9.0% of residents (135) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Adelaide (108).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,499 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Local Jobs
People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 647 people work here; 528 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.2 per resident). At least 15% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,785 a year through Coober Pedy based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 71%
- Environmental 23%
- Industrial 4%
- Residential 2%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the town around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Coober Pedy
In the year to August 2026, 1 new dwellings were approved across Coober Pedy. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses.
Setting
- Elevation
- 201 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
Elevation is the ground at the town centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
2 facilities within 5 km- 2.4 kmFossil Fuel Electricity GenerationTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 3.8 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 5723, 0 of 1,614 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 0.8% (13 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 0.8%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5723, 94 rooftop-solar systems totalling 1.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,164 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 9 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$15,000 for new homes.
No purchase-price cap. Stamp duty is fully exempted for eligible first-home buyers as a separate concession.
Mortgage repayments
Conveyance duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with RevenueSA
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-28 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Tom Venning Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tom Venning | 45.4% | 54.6% | +5.4 |
| 2022 | Rowan Ramsey | 39.9% | 60.1% | -3.2 |
| 2019 | Rowan Ramsey | 36.7% | 63.3% | +5.6 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Geoff Brock Independent
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Geoff Brock IND | 56.9% |
| 2022 | Geoff Brock IND | 67.1% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2024, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of South Australia.
Looking at a specific address in Coober Pedy?
Every figure above is a town average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 1,566 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Coober Pedy
Is Coober Pedy a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Coober Pedy is high (98/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Coober Pedy?
Coober Pedy has no recorded bushfire history. These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Coober Pedy a good place to live?
Coober Pedy has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (20/100), ranked against other SA suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Coober Pedy?
Coober Pedy, SA had a population of 1,566 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Coober Pedy, SA?
The postcode for Coober Pedy, SA is 5723.
How far is Coober Pedy from Adelaide?
Coober Pedy is 850 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 538 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Coober Pedy?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Coober Pedy was $39,728 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Coober Pedy?
The median advertised rent in Coober Pedy is $230 a week for houses (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Coober Pedy?
The median age of residents in Coober Pedy was 50 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Coober Pedy?
There is 1 school inside the Coober Pedy boundary, none of which has enough NAPLAN and ICSEA data for a quality band.
Is Coober Pedy walkable?
Coober Pedy scores 43/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Coober Pedy?
First-home buyers in SA may be eligible for $15,000 towards new homes. The grant is administered by RevenueSA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Coober Pedy belong to?
Coober Pedy sits within the Coober Pedy local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Coober Pedy?
The average residential rates bill through Coober Pedy is $1,785 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Coober Pedy?
Across Coober Pedy, 1 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Coober Pedy in?
Coober Pedy sits within the federal Division of Grey, currently held by Tom Venning (Liberal).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2026
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2026
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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