Avon SA 5501
29 addresses · 8 streets
Grey Electorate › Wakefield LGA › Avon · 76 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Avon is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 64 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,062 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wakefield - Barunga West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Avon itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 0.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020
Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 0.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.1% · Labour-force participation 71.7%
Population by age in Avon
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Avon
| House | 18 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Avon
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Avon
| Australian | 39 |
|---|---|
| English | 31 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| German | 5 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Italian | 5 |
Housing tenure in Avon
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Avon
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Avon
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Avon
| England | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
232 bird observations recorded near Avon — most often seen:
- Southern Willie Wagtail (16)
- Little Raven (15)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (14)
- Nankeen Kestrel (14)
- House Sparrow (12)
- Common Starling (11)
- Rock Dove (11)
- Southern Magpie-lark (11)
- Bluebonnet (10)
- Australian Magpie (9)
- Black-shouldered Kite (9)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (9)
- Eastern Yellow-throated Miner (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Avon
- Brown Songlark (7)
- Eastern Galah (7)
- Galah (7)
- European House Sparrow (6)
- Singing Honeyeater (6)
- Yellow-throated Miner (6)
- Australian Pipit (5)
- Banded Lapwing (5)
- Brown Falcon (5)
- European Common Starling (5)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (5)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (4)
- Budgerigar (3)
- Crested Pigeon (3)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (3)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (3)
- Noisy Miner (3)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Avon:
- Long Plains (8 km)
- Inkerman (8.2 km)
- Kallora (8.3 km)
- Wild Horse Plains (8.5 km)
- Erith (9 km)
- Pinery (9.7 km)
- Hoskin Corner (13.9 km)
- Dalkey (13.9 km)
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Streets
- Avon Road (2)
- Goldney Road (8)
- Greig Road (1)
- Kallora Road (10)
- Mcardle Road (1)
- Parker Road (3)
- Port Lorne Road (3)
- Prime Road (1)