Ceduna, SA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Ceduna sits on the shores of Murat Bay at the far western end of South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, about 786 kilometres north-west of Adelaide. It is widely known as the last major town before the long crossing of the Nullarbor Plain. The area is the country of the Wirangu people, and the name comes from a Wirangu word said to mean a place to sit down and rest. The township was proclaimed in 1901, and the name took hold after the railway reached it in 1915. Today Ceduna is celebrated for its oysters and seafood, honoured each year at the Oysterfest festival, and for its sheltered bays and pine-lined foreshore. Aquaculture, fishing, grain and mineral exports anchor the economy.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Ceduna is more socio-economically advantaged than about 17% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 920, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Ceduna a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Ceduna from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
17/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (17/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
78/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $200 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 78% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Ceduna at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,955
- Median age
- 37
- Median weekly household income
- $1,376
- SEIFA score
- 920
- Local government area
- Ceduna
- Coordinates
- -32.0786, 133.6842
Map of Ceduna
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Housing & property in Ceduna
What it costs to live in Ceduna and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $200
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,200
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 54%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 43%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Ceduna demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Ceduna demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Ceduna using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is young adults (25–44) at 25% and 9% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 423 | 22% |
| Youth (15–24) | 214 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 494 | 25% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 466 | 24% |
| Seniors (65+) | 367 | 19% |
Share of the 1,964 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 217 | 30% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 174 | 24% |
| Rented | 314 | 43% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 663 | 89% |
| Townhouses & semis | 38 | 5% |
| Flats & apartments | 12 | 2% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 741 occupied private dwellings in Ceduna.
- Average household size
- 2.4 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,819
- Median weekly personal income
- $762
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 163 (9%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 182 (10%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 516 (26%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 543 (36%)
- Labour-force participation
- 58.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%
- Employed full-time
- 520
- Employed part-time
- 279
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Ceduna
Is Ceduna a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Ceduna rates 37/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Ceduna?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Ceduna was $200, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Ceduna?
Ceduna is a suburb of South Australia, Australia, in the Ceduna local government area.
What is the population of Ceduna?
At the 2021 Census, Ceduna had a population of about 1,955.
Is Ceduna an advantaged area?
Ceduna has an ABS SEIFA score of 920, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 17 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 17% of Australian suburbs.
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