Buchfelde SA 5118
104 addresses · 9 streets
Spence Electorate › Light LGA › Buchfelde · 37 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Buchfelde is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 193 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,416 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. 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 Gawler - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Buchfelde itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
2 doctors & medical clinics
2 physiotherapists
3 optometrists
1 hospital
1 childcare centre
1 library
2 post offices
5 service stations
1 golf club
1 bakery
1 butcher
3 hardware stores
1 hairdresser
1 electrician
Getting around. Train station: Evanston, 2.4 km south-east · Bus interchange: Smithfield Interchange, 8.6 km south · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 40.6 km south-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 19.4% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 56.5%
Population by age in Buchfelde
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 38 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 30 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Buchfelde
| House | 70 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Buchfelde
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 26 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Buchfelde
| Australian | 81 |
|---|---|
| English | 81 |
| Italian | 22 |
| German | 14 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Other | 11 |
Housing tenure in Buchfelde
| Owned | 35 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 29 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Buchfelde
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Buchfelde
| Car | 68 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Buchfelde
| England | 14 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 11 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3 |
Languages used at home in Buchfelde
| Italian | 15 |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 5 |
| Serbian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,373 bird observations recorded near Buchfelde — most often seen:
- House Sparrow (390)
- Eurasian Blackbird (385)
- Common Starling (337)
- Rock Dove (311)
- Australian Magpie (303)
- Little Raven (284)
- Southern Magpie-lark (283)
- Noisy Miner (275)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (269)
- Crested Pigeon (267)
- Magpie-lark (261)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (261)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (258)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Buchfelde
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (255)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (252)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (225)
- Crimson Rosella (224)
- Galah (217)
- Pacific Black Duck (209)
- New Holland Honeyeater (207)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (206)
- Western Red Wattlebird (205)
- Red Wattlebird (204)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (204)
- Willie Wagtail (204)
- Eastern Galah (194)
- Australian Wood Duck (185)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (171)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (164)
- Red-rumped Parrot (163)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Buchfelde:
- Hillier (1.6 km)
- Reid (2 km)
- Gawler West (2.2 km)
- Evanston (2.3 km)
- Evanston Gardens (2.5 km)
- Ward Belt (2.9 km)
- Gawler South (3.2 km)
- Gawler (3.4 km)
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Streets
- Dixon Road (8)
- Fairbanks Road (7)
- Hart Road (7)
- Higgins Road (2)
- Old Two Wells Road (3)
- Roediger Road (13)
- Two Wells Road (58)
- Ward Belt Road (1)
- Weaver Road (5)
