Coober Pedy

12.1% of Coober Pedy's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

289 family households lived in Coober Pedy; 29.8% were couple families and 17.0% were one-parent families.

29.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Coober Pedy had 1,566 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 88.2% of occupied private dwellings in Coober Pedy.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.1% of occupied private dwellings.

47.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

15.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Coober Pedy had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 53.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 28.5%, while 9.8% had four or more usual residents.

5.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

61.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.2% walked or cycled.

10.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

One-car households formed 44.5% of the total.

45.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.7% reported a different address.

26.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

58.1% of residents used only English at home.

22.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

26.3% of Coober Pedy's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.7% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 72.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 20.9% of ancestry responses in Coober Pedy.

Australian ancestry made up 22.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

13.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Managers accounted for 12.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.0% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.2%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

22.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.7%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

49.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.4% reported asthma, 9.2% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.8%.

Median household income was $764 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $630.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $163 per week.

Working from home was 5.1% in Coober Pedy, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 47.0% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 37.3% in Coober Pedy, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.