Demographics
Moonta is approximately 4.56 square kilometres. In 2016 the population of Moonta was 632. The population is 50% male and 50% female. On average the monthly mortgage repayments in Moonta are $1000 to $1399. The most common weekly income bracket is $300 to $399 per week. Weekly rents in the area are on average $150 to $199.Description
Moonta, which is 20 metres above sea level, is located 161 km northwest of Adelaide at the bottom corner of the "Copper Triangle". Moonta is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia. It is one of three towns known as the Copper Coast or "Little Cornwall" for their shared copper mining history. The centre is about 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Kadina, site of Wallaroo Mines, and 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) southeast of the port of Wallaroo. At the 2011 census, the Moonta township and the adjacent suburbs of Cross Roads and Yelta had a combined population of 681. The broader Moonta urban centre, also including Moonta Bay, North Moonta and Port Hughes, had a population of 3,659.