Blackfellows Caves SA 5291
137 addresses · 9 streets
Barker Electorate › Grant LGA › Blackfellows Caves · 375 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Blackfellows Caves is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 72 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $749 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Dutch. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Grant statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Blackfellows Caves itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 11% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 15.6% · Labour-force participation 60%
Population by age in Blackfellows Caves
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 14 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Blackfellows Caves
| House | 35 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Blackfellows Caves
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Blackfellows Caves
| Australian | 33 |
|---|---|
| English | 22 |
| Dutch | 7 |
| Italian | 7 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
Housing tenure in Blackfellows Caves
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Blackfellows Caves
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Blackfellows Caves
| Car | 24 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Blackfellows Caves
| Thailand | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,518 bird observations recorded near Blackfellows Caves — most often seen:
- Red-necked Stint (160)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (152)
- Ruddy Turnstone (141)
- Red-capped Plover (126)
- Crested Tern (121)
- White-faced Heron (118)
- Common Starling (112)
- Australian Pelican (102)
- Giinbaywarraymal (102)
- Black-faced Cormorant (94)
- Silver Gull (92)
- Chestnut Teal (84)
- Southern Sooty Oystercatcher (83)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Blackfellows Caves
- Musk Duck (81)
- Caspian Tern (79)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (74)
- Common Greenshank (73)
- Curlew Sandpiper (71)
- Great Cormorant (71)
- Pacific Golden Plover (68)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (61)
- Masked Lapwing (57)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (56)
- House Sparrow (53)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (50)
- Eurasian Blackbird (49)
- Australasian Gannet (48)
- Eastern Curlew (47)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (47)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (46)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Blackfellows Caves:
- Pelican Point (4.7 km)
- Nene Valley (6.4 km)
- Carpenter Rocks (6.8 km)
- Kongorong (9.2 km)
- German Creek (13.1 km)
- Cape Douglas (13.5 km)
- German Flat (20.4 km)
- Mount Schank (20.5 km)
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Streets
- Bishop Place (4)
- Hammer Parade (27)
- Height Drive (6)
- Jackway Street (18)
- Livingston Street (30)
- Old Rocks Road (1)
- Pelican Point Road (9)
- Saunders Road (23)
- Unger Street (19)
