Located in South Australia within the Copper Coast local government area, Wallaroo Mines is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 5554). It is home to about 408 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $55K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. 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 community & personal service, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $260 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $890.
The crime rate in the Copper Coast LGA is moderate at 6,863 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +1.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.