Moonta SA 5558
Moonta sits 163 km from Adelaide CBD in South Australia, around 1 hour 55 minutes by car. Census data records 624 residents with a median age of 60 and a median household income of $37,284 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The locality fell 1.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $200 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $867. Moonta is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 1 school sits within the locality boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is Moonta a good place to live?
Moonta scores a D (32/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on safety and community.
Mixed results
1 school
Some car dependence
Walkability 57/100 · 162.9 km · 117 min drive to Adelaide
Median available
Median $458K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 80/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 60 · 624 residents
Liveability Rating
32 / 100 · Ranked #436 in SAEach bar is Moonta'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.
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Our score
32 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMoonta's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $458,000, roughly 19% above where it sat a year earlier.
$458,500
32% below its 3 neighbours (median $674,000)
Based on 38 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 72 days — median across 8 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 11 sales $440K
- 3 bed 20 sales $454K
- 4 bed 6 sales $640K
Rental Market
Rental affordability
June quarter 202598 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 31% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5558.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Is Moonta safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Moonta sits in the high band, with 38 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 47% on the prior year.
38 offences
47.2% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20252 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality 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 serve Moonta, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 253 students in one school (avg 253)
Combined
Walkability
Moonta is somewhat walkable on foot — at 57/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car. Within the locality there are 1 supermarket, 4 parks and 4 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Moonta.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 20%
- Premises covered
- 543
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
Copper Coast: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 4 small areas inside this locality and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the locality closely.
Moonta is home to 624 residents, with a median age of 60 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $37,000 a year, with unemployment at 13.2%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
624
Median Age
60
Median Household Income
$37,284/yr
Census Median Rent
$200/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$867/mo
Avg Household Size
1.7
Median Personal Income
$24,700/yr
Unemployment Rate
13.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
30.1%
Total Dwellings
336
Owner-Occupier Rate
65.8%
Houses
76.2%
Rental Stress
27.9%
Mortgage Stress
27.9%
Work From Home
8.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
26 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 6 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 110 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 75.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.4%
- Employment Rate
- 28.8%
- Completed Year 12
- 24.4%
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.
0 residents (0.0%) 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.
7.2% of residents (44) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Adelaide (44).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 615 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,817 a year through Copper Coast based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 36%
- Infrastructure and transport 31%
- Environmental 19%
- Residential 9%
- Commercial 5%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Copper Coast
In the year to August 2026, 232 new dwellings were approved across Copper Coast. That mix is 204 houses and 28 units. Approvals are up 142.3% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Maitland, 35.1 kmDry climate — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 28 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 2.8 km
- Annual rainfall
- 459 mm
- 76 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 29.4°C
- 23 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 7.6°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the locality 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.
EV adoption
In postcode 5558, 6 of 5,387 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.9% (101 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.0%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5558, 2,536 rooftop-solar systems totalling 14.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,391 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 155 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
2 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 5558.
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 2026-10-27 — 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 locality's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Chantelle Thomas Pauline Hanson's One Nation
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Chantelle Thomas ON | 50.1% |
| 2022 | Fraser Ellis IND | 58.3% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2024, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of South Australia.
Looking at a specific address in Moonta?
Every figure above is a locality 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 624 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 Moonta
Is Moonta a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Moonta is high (80/100, 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 Moonta?
Moonta has no recorded bushfire history. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Moonta a good place to live?
Moonta has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (32/100), 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 Moonta?
Moonta, SA had a population of 624 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Moonta, SA?
The postcode for Moonta, SA is 5558.
How far is Moonta from Adelaide?
Moonta is 163 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 117 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Moonta?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Moonta was $37,284 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 Moonta?
There are too few current rental listings in Moonta for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $200, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Moonta?
The median age of residents in Moonta was 60 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Moonta?
There is 1 school inside the Moonta boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Moonta walkable?
Moonta scores 57/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Moonta?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Moonta, Maitland (35.1 km away), summer days average 29.4°C, winter nights 7.6°C, 459 mm of rain a year over 76 rainy days, and 23 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Moonta?
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 Moonta belong to?
Moonta sits within the Copper Coast local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Moonta?
The average residential rates bill through Copper Coast is $1,817 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Moonta?
Across Copper Coast, 232 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 142.3% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Moonta in?
Moonta 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
- Climate · 2006–2026
- 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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