SA · Copper Coast Council
Boors Plain, 5554
Current weather
11.3°CLight drizzle
84% humidity · 24.8 km/h wind · 14.1° / 10.2° today · 8.7 mm rain
Updated
- Green suburb
- Café precinct
- Education hub
Suburb profile
Boors Plain is a welcoming smaller community in Copper Coast, with a settled community character. Set in the wider countryside, it offers distance from the capital and a strong sense of place. Working households and growing families are the backbone of local life, with plenty of young families in the mix.
Weekends tend to revolve around local favourites: a café, a market run, a walk through town. Local identity runs deep. This is the kind of place people stay once they have found it.
The market sits in a sensible middle ground: not cheap, but fair value for the area.
Population
- Population
- 56
- Median age
- 34
- Median household income / week
- $1,812
- Dwelling vacancy
- 0%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 0 of 19
- Median monthly mortgage
- $780
- Employment rate
- 52.2%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 0 / 0 / 0
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 Census release
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
- Total offences (2024–25)
- 3
- Against the person
- 0
- Against property
- 3
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 53.6
- State safety percentile
- 67.2th (lower crime is better)
- Family & domestic abuse offences
- 49
- Increase (daily rate)
- +0.3%
Reported offences are unchanged compared with the previous period.
Reported offences by period
Most common offence types
- Other Property Damage And Environmental1
- Receive Or Handle Proceeds Of Crime1
- Sct - Residence1
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- SAPOL reported crime statistics — South Australia Police — OpenData · Period: 2023-24 → 2024-25; 2024-25 · Updated on site · Financial-year releases
Planning & development
Development applications from PlanSA register (lodged 2020–2026) and EPA licensed activities.
4 planning-related records
2025· 2 proposals
August 2025
- Outbuilding1447 THRINGTON RD BOORS PLAIN SA 5554Decision Made
March 2025
- Alterations and Additions to Existing Dwelling including Verandahs1447 THRINGTON RD BOORS PLAIN SA 5554Decision Made
2024· 1 proposal
February 2024
- Agricultural Building (shed) and above ground water tank419 THRINGTON RD BOORS PLAIN SA 5554Decision Made
2022· 1 proposal
July 2022
- Change of Land Use to include Intensive Animal Husbandry (Chicken Egg Production Farm)419 THRINGTON RD BOORS PLAIN SA 5554Decision Made
Contributes to desirability score · Future Growth (7%)
Development and planning activity
Data sources & freshness
- PlanSA development applications & EPA licences — Government of South Australia — PlanSA · Period: 2020–2026 · Updated on site
Amenities
No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Socio-economic (SEIFA)
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 5/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 7/10
SEIFA indexes from ABS 2021. Decile 10 = most advantaged / least disadvantaged in Australia.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 SEIFA release
Heritage
1 state heritage place
- Heritage placeState heritage
Data sources & freshness
- SA Heritage Places database — Department for Environment and Water (SA) · Period: current · Updated on site
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- Overlay applies
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid against all current SA Planning risk layers (high, medium, general, urban interface, regional, outback). Safer places from CFS designated locations.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Bushfire & hazard overlays (SA) — Government of South Australia · Period: current · Updated on site
Recent changes
- Other Property Damage And Environmentalcrime1
- Receive Or Handle Proceeds Of Crimecrime1
- Sct - Residencecrime1
- Heritage placeheritageState heritage
- Agricultural Building (shed) and above ground water tankplanning419 THRINGTON RD BOORS PLAIN SA 5554Lodged 09 Feb 2024 · Decision Made
- Alterations and Additions to Existing Dwelling including Verandahsplanning1447 THRINGTON RD BOORS PLAIN SA 5554Lodged 28 Mar 2025 · Decision Made
- Change of Land Use to include Intensive Animal Husbandry (Chicken Egg Production Farm)planning419 THRINGTON RD BOORS PLAIN SA 5554Lodged 13 Jul 2022 · Decision Made
- Outbuildingplanning1447 THRINGTON RD BOORS PLAIN SA 5554Lodged 22 Aug 2025 · Decision Made
Data sources & freshness
- SA Heritage Places database — Department for Environment and Water (SA) · Updated on site
- PlanSA development applications & EPA licences — Government of South Australia — PlanSA · Updated on site
- SAPOL reported crime statistics — South Australia Police — OpenData · Updated on site · Financial-year releases
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