Free market report · Data to July 2026
Copper Coast property market
Copper Coast is one of the 453 council areas we track on the Australian property clock. This page is the plain-numbers read: where it sits in the cycle, who lives there, what's being built, and the suburbs inside it.
Houses · cycle position
Slowing
The Copper Coast house market is still growing, but the pace has come off its fastest point. Slowing markets often keep rising for years, just less quickly.
-3% to +15%
Modelled 12-month price range
+2.4%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Not enough unit sales in Copper Coast for a reliable cycle reading. That's common outside the cities, and honest beats guessed.
The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. See Copper Coast on the clock.
The people
Who lives in Copper Coast.
Population · ABS estimates
16,601
People (2025)
+1.9%
Growth per year, last 5 years
Growing faster than most of the country. People arriving is the rawest form of housing demand.
Households · Census 2021
54
Median age
$997
Median household income per week
72% own or are paying off their home, 24% rent. An owner-occupier market at heart, which tends to steady prices through the cycle.
New supply
What's being approved to build.
Building approvals are tomorrow's supply. A market where approvals are falling while population grows is a market where pressure builds. The reverse deserves caution.
Dwellings approved · ABS
180 of the latest year's approvals were houses. Approvals are trending up: more supply is coming.
Jobs and investment
Who's working, and what's being spent.
Jobs pay mortgages and rents. Government and commercial building spend is where future jobs come from: schools, hospitals, shops and factories all get approved before they get built.
Jobs · SALM, March 2026
6,328
Employed residents
6.6%
Unemployment (national 4.2%)
514 more residents are in work than five years ago (+8.8%). Steady jobs growth, in line with a healthy regional economy.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$18m
All sectors, FY26
$7m
Public sector (government projects)
| Year | Government | All non-residential |
|---|---|---|
| FY24 | $0k | $3m |
| FY25 | $2m | $21m |
| FY26 | $7m | $18m |
Public building spend here is trending up. Governments build where they expect people. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report below.
Inside the LGA
The suburbs of Copper Coast.
All 27 suburbs and localities in Copper Coast
Boors Plain · Cross Roads · Cunliffe · East Moonta · Hamley · Jericho · Jerusalem · Kadina · Kooroona · Matta Flat · Moonta · Moonta Bay · Moonta Mines · New Town · North Beach · North Moonta · North Yelta · Paramatta · Paskeville · Port Hughes · Thrington · Wallaroo · Wallaroo Mines · Wallaroo Plain · Warburto · Willamulka · Yelta
Free · Pulled together by hand
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This page is the public data. The full report is the licensed feed: 10 years of prices, rents and vacancy over time, days on market, demand, and the supply pipeline, for Copper Coast or any suburb in it. Same data we run for clients. I pull it and email it through, usually within a business day. No charge, and no 14-part email sequence after it.
General information only, not financial or investment advice. Cycle positions and projections are modelled LGA-level figures to July 2026 (licensed market analytics). Population and approvals are ABS estimates; employment is SALM smoothed data; income, age and tenure are Census 2021. None of it can see street quality, flood maps, zoning or the contract, which is where deals are actually won and lost. Get advice on your own situation before acting.
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