North Beach sits 164 km from Adelaide CBD in South Australia, around 2 hours by car. Census data records 676 residents with a median age of 54 and a median household income of $53,924 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The locality grew 33.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $280 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,409. North Beach is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.
Is North Beach a good place to live?
North Beach scores a C (44/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit.
Car-dependent
Walkability 4/100 · 163.9 km · 122 min drive to Adelaide
Median available
Median $705K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 42/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 54 · 676 residents
Liveability Rating
44 / 100 · Ranked #337 in SAEach bar is North Beach'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
44 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataNorth Beach's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $705,000, about 10% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$705,000
Based on 45 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 63 days — median across 13 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $740K
- 3 bed 17 sales $650K
- 4 bed 15 sales $750K
Land
$195,000
Based on 37 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 51 days — median across 6 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in North Beach are currently listed at around $825,000 on average, with the typical listing on the market for 6 days. Based on 7 houses listed in the past six months.
$825K
7 houses listed in the last 6 months — typical time on market 6 days.
7 of the suburb's 281 dwellings (2.5%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in North Beach rent for around $465 a week on average, based on 6 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$465/wk
6 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
6 rentals advertised against an estimated 72 rented homes (8.3%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025109 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 28% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5556.
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.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$465/week ($24,000 a year) on a $825,000 median
Based on a small sample (6 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 North Beach safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in North Beach sits in the moderate band, with 15 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 15% on the prior year.
15 offences
15.4% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–2025No crash in North Beach killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.
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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1994–2012Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 1.7 km
- Rate
- -0.16 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -6.5 m
- Certainty
- likely rocky coastline
Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
North Beach is very car-dependent on foot — at 4/100, nearly all errands require a car.
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 North Beach.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 4%
- Premises covered
- 648
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
North Beach is home to 676 residents, with a median age of 54 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $54,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
676
Median Age
54
Median Household Income
$53,924/yr
Census Median Rent
$280/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,409/mo
Avg Household Size
2.1
Median Personal Income
$31,096/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
129.9%
Total Dwellings
281
Owner-Occupier Rate
74.4%
Houses
94.0%
Rental Stress
27.0%
Mortgage Stress
31.4%
Work From Home
7.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 82.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.4%
- Employment Rate
- 43.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 32.0%
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.
3 residents (0.4%) 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.
18.2% of residents (117) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Adelaide (103).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 644 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
2% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (5 of 257).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of 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
- Residential 55%
- Environmental 37%
- Parks and recreation 7%
- Zones under 1% 1%
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.
Setting
- Elevation
- 11 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 292 m
- 793 m to a named beach
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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 4.5 kmIndustrial and Agricultural Chemical Product WholesalingTop reported: Fluoride compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 5556, 5 of 4,276 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.2% (92 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.3%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5556, 2,002 rooftop-solar systems totalling 12.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,912 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 130 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 this locality.
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 North Beach?
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.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about North Beach
Is North Beach a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in North Beach is moderate (42/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect North Beach?
North Beach has no recorded bushfire history. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is North Beach a good place to live?
North Beach has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (44/100), 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 North Beach?
North Beach, SA had a population of 676 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for North Beach, SA?
The postcode for North Beach, SA is 5556.
How far is North Beach from Adelaide?
North Beach is 164 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 122 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in North Beach?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in North Beach was $53,924 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 North Beach?
The median advertised rent in North Beach is $465 a week for houses (6 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in North Beach?
The median age of residents in North Beach was 54 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is North Beach walkable?
North Beach scores 4/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very 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 North Beach?
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 North Beach belong to?
North Beach 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 North Beach?
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 North Beach?
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 North Beach in?
North Beach 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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