Big Bend SA 5238
7 addresses · 2 streets
Barker Electorate › Mid Murray LGA › Big Bend · 98 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Big Bend is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 4 people, with a median age of 72. The typical household earns around $450 a week. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mannum statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Big Bend itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
2 places to stay
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: 11.6% 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 | 11.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 26.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Big Bend
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,151 bird observations recorded near Big Bend — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (303)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (285)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (245)
- South-eastern Singing Honeyeater (239)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (234)
- Whistling Kite (231)
- Little Raven (193)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (189)
- Eastern Galah (188)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (186)
- Great Cormorant (174)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (171)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (165)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Big Bend
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (160)
- Chestnut-crowned Babbler (152)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (152)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (148)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (145)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (143)
- Eastern Little Corella (142)
- Mallee Ringneck (142)
- Western Striated Pardalote (139)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (138)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (136)
- Pacific Black Duck (130)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (129)
- South-east Southern Whiteface (126)
- Australian Eurasian Coot (122)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (122)
- Grey Teal (122)
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 Big Bend:
- Sunnydale (2.3 km)
- Punyelroo (3.1 km)
- Langs Landing (5.8 km)
- Nildottie (7.1 km)
- Marks Landing (7.1 km)
- Swan Reach (7.8 km)
- Wongulla (9.1 km)
- Forster (12.8 km)
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Streets
- Riverside Drive (4)
- Side Drive (3)