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Bordertown SA 5268

2,092 addresses · 131 streets

Barker Electorate › Tatiara LGA › Bordertown · 249 km from Adelaide

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Living Here

Bordertown is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 3,095 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,439 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

3,095Population
40Median age
$1,439Median household income / wk
$220Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Tatiara statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bordertown itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 2.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Bordertown

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Bordertown SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20202.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20214.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 64.2%

Population by age in Bordertown
Population by age, Bordertown SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-4173
5-14353
15-19145
20-24199
25-34436
35-44393
45-54359
55-64354
65-74317
75-84249
85+109
Dwelling types in Bordertown
Dwelling types, Bordertown SA (ABS Census 2021)
House1,079
Townhouse72
Apartment0
Other14
Households by weekly income in Bordertown
Households by weekly income, Bordertown SA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650174
$650-1,499388
$1,500-2,999353
$3,000+152
Top ancestries in Bordertown
Top ancestries, Bordertown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian1,210
English1,092
Other409
German280
Scottish227
Irish198
Housing tenure in Bordertown
Housing tenure, Bordertown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned394
Mortgage418
Rented300
Other32
Cars per household in Bordertown
Cars per household, Bordertown SA (ABS Census 2021)
043
1396
2457
3145
4+103
Commute to work in Bordertown
Commute to work, Bordertown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,301
Train0
Bus4
Tram/ferry0
Walked65
Bicycle17
Home74
Top countries of birth in Bordertown
Top countries of birth, Bordertown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Philippines100
Malaysia93
Afghanistan68
New Zealand44
China39
Pakistan34
Languages used at home in Bordertown
Languages used at home, Bordertown SA (ABS Census 2021)
Filipino62
Mandarin46
Urdu32
Tamil28
Tagalog21
Vietnamese10

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

5,401 bird observations recorded near Bordertown — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Bordertown

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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