Located in South Australia within the Coorong local government area, Coomandook is a quiet locality (postcode 5261). It is home to about 83 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $60K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% 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, clerical & administrative, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
The median weekly rent is $150 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,200.
Coomandook is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 950, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Coorong LGA is higher than average at 10,843 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.1% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.