Buckingham SA 5270
29 addresses · 9 streets
Barker Electorate › Tatiara LGA › Buckingham · 237 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Buckingham is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 40 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $165 a week. Most homes are houses. About 43% of households own their home and 57% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
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: Buckingham 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: 1.7% 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 | 1.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.7% · Labour-force participation 74.2%
Population by age in Buckingham
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Buckingham
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Buckingham
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Buckingham
| English | 19 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 17 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| Filipino | 6 |
| German | 6 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Buckingham
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Buckingham
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Buckingham
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Buckingham
| Philippines | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
39 bird observations recorded near Buckingham — most often seen:
- Eastern Galah (3)
- Australian Magpie (2)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (2)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (2)
- South-east Southern Whiteface (2)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (2)
- Western Striated Pardalote (2)
- Australian Shelduck (1)
- Australian Wood Duck (1)
- Brown Falcon (1)
- Crested Pigeon (1)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (1)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Buckingham
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (1)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (1)
- Eastern Weebill (1)
- Galah (1)
- Grey Teal (1)
- Little Corella (1)
- Long-billed Corella (1)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (1)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (1)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (1)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (1)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (1)
- South-eastern White-eared Honeyeater (1)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (1)
- Southern Magpie-lark (1)
- Spotted Harrier (1)
- White-browed Babbler (1)
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 Buckingham:
- Mundulla West (7.3 km)
- Carew (8.9 km)
- Kongal (9.6 km)
- Cannawigara (10.4 km)
- Mundulla (11.6 km)
- Swede Flat (15.3 km)
- Wirrega (15.5 km)
- Bordertown South (17.2 km)
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Streets
- Black Joes Road (1)
- Buckingham Road (6)
- Cannawigara Road (3)
- Kongal Road (6)
- Linfern Road (2)
- Rowney Road (7)
- Schuster Road (2)
- Scown Road (1)
- Scowns Road (1)
