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Suburb profile ·Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA · SA ·5607

Coffin Bay SA 5607

Coffin Bay is in Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA, SA, postcode 5607, with population 664.

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$490/wk
Rising
+19.2% YoY
Mar 2025 → Mar 2026 · 5 periods
SA private rent report · suburb grain · Mar 2026
$555
$400
Mar 2025Mar 2026
What to check

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$490/wk
Rent context available
↑19.2%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
664
664 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Drive to city
—
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,605
96 added 12mo · 11MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets
No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,300
Median rent · wk$273
Investor profile

Who invests in Coffin Bay

Owner-occupied 80%Rented 20%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.4%
157 of 381 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,038/yr
Landlords (rental income)381
Reported capital gains270
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

74% of homes here are owner-occupied and 19% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

74% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
39%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,300/mo, while renters pay about $2,123/mo — renting runs $823/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$65K
Median rent · wk
$490
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,300

Household income

ABS Census · ATO
$65K household · yr-13.4% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$37K
Family
$75K
Household
$65K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
14
$300-649
28
$650-999
57
$1,000-1,499
63
$1,500-1,999
32
$2,000-2,999
45
$3,000-3,999
21
$4,000+
8

At the median asking rent, about 64% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,633/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

ABS Census 2021
Tenure (295 households)
Owned outright
46%
Owned with mortgage
28%
Rented
19%
Dwelling structure53.6% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
95%
Townhouse / semi
1%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 83% drive, 0% public transport, 5% walk or cycle, 6% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Livability

OSM · GTFS · schools + hospitals
8/ 100 livability index

Top 92% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 8% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access49
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals0

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Crime 2024-25
22
3,313 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

suburb
Rate · per 100k3,313
Total incidents22· 2024-25
  • Assault873%
  • Break And Enter327%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

Code baseline only

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

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SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

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Population outlook

ABS projection · Eyre Peninsula SA2 area · 2022 base
7,020 people · 20227,109 by 2032 (+1.3%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Eyre Peninsula SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Coffin Bay SA — Property Data and Demographics

Coffin Bay (postcode 5607) is a small community in South Australia within the Lower Eyre Peninsula local government area. It is home to about 664 residents, with a predominantly older resident base and a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $65K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. SA employment has moved +1.6% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 21 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 7 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, community & personal service, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $490. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.

The crime rate in the Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA is below average at 3,313 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,300
Rent · wk(Census)$273
Market rent · wk(Q1 2026)$490
Property investors · Postcode 5607ATO
Negatively geared5.4%
157 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,038/yr
Landlords (rental income)381
Reported capital gains270
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population664
Median age57
Household size2
HH income · wk$1,254
Personal income · wk$711
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,004 → $1,254
Change+24.9%
vs SA median+6.1 pp
Median rent+9.2%
stablevs SA 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Managers65Community & Personal Service50Labourers34Technicians & Trades33Professionals27
Top industriesCensus
Agriculture51Healthcare37Construction28Accommodation & Food28Retail Trade22
Top ancestryCensus
English311Australian291Scottish71Irish65German46
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining3
iga1
Hospitals · Lower Eyre Peninsula LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Cummins and District Memorial Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Lower Eyre Peninsula LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places22
Cummins Multi-Purpose Service22 places
Childcare · Lower Eyre Peninsula LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places96
Exceeding NQS1
Cummins Child Parent Centre44 places
Poonindie Early Childhood Centre30 places
Lake Wangary Preschool22 places
Nearby in Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA12
Boston · 1,169Cummins · 981Tiatukia · 367North Shields · 338Duck Ponds · 284Kapinnie · 42Louth Bay · 125Mitchell · 47Little Douglas · 8Tulka · 126Mount Dutton Bay · 53Wangary · 203
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Coffin Bay is a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
SA metropolitan median house sales · Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage
stable source · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
SA Housing Authority / CBS · Q1 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Crime
State crime dataset · 2024-25 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Coffin Bay is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and population trend data.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

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Coffin Bay FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Coffin Bay in?

    Coffin Bay is in the Lower Eyre Peninsula Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5607. Council-level context for Lower Eyre Peninsula LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Coffin Bay?

    The median weekly rent in Coffin Bay is $490/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Coffin Bay?

    Rent context available: Coffin Bay has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Coffin Bay?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Coffin Bay data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.