Buckland Park SA 5120
204 addresses · 21 streets
Spence Electorate › Playford LGA › Buckland Park · 31 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Buckland Park is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 99 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,775 a week, with median rent near $291 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Vietnamese, Australian. 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 Virginia - Waterloo Corner statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Buckland Park itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
1 park
1 service station
1 hardware store
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Adelaide Airport, 31.6 km south.
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: 6.9% 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 | 6.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 2.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 58.8%
Population by age in Buckland Park
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 18 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Buckland Park
| House | 38 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Buckland Park
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Buckland Park
| English | 26 |
|---|---|
| Vietnamese | 21 |
| Australian | 14 |
| Other | 12 |
| Italian | 11 |
| Greek | 9 |
Housing tenure in Buckland Park
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Buckland Park
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Buckland Park
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Buckland Park
| Vietnam | 18 |
|---|---|
| Greece | 4 |
| Italy | 4 |
| Cambodia | 3 |
Languages used at home in Buckland Park
| Vietnamese | 18 |
|---|---|
| Greek | 9 |
| Khmer | 3 |
| Tamil | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,508 bird observations recorded near Buckland Park — most often seen:
- Common Starling (106)
- Nankeen Kestrel (106)
- Little Raven (105)
- Black-shouldered Kite (101)
- Grey Teal (100)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (100)
- White-faced Heron (95)
- Red-necked Stint (93)
- Pacific Black Duck (90)
- Common Greenshank (89)
- Australian Shelduck (87)
- Southern Magpie-lark (87)
- Rock Dove (86)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Buckland Park
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (82)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (81)
- Red-capped Plover (80)
- Banded Stilt (79)
- Giinbaywarraymal (79)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (77)
- Australian Pelican (76)
- White-fronted Chat (76)
- Red-necked Avocet (75)
- Black Swan (74)
- Curlew Sandpiper (72)
- Mainland White-winged Fairy-wren (72)
- Little Black Cormorant (71)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (71)
- Australian White Ibis (69)
- House Sparrow (69)
- Red-kneed Dotterel (60)
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 Buckland Park:
- Riverlea Park (0.9 km)
- Virginia (3.2 km)
- Port Gawler (4.9 km)
- Two Wells (6.8 km)
- Waterloo Corner (7.1 km)
- Penfield Gardens (7.8 km)
- Lewiston (7.8 km)
- St Kilda (8.9 km)
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Streets
- Applebee Court (9)
- Beagle Hole Road (1)
- Bonnin Crescent (17)
- Brandts Court (8)
- Brooks Road (2)
- Buckland Road (2)
- Carmelo Road (19)
- Carter Street (10)
- Kapinka Parade (34)
- Legoe Road (2)
- Marchant Trail (16)
- Mcevoy Road (3)
- Milner Place (8)
- Nemesis Court (17)
- Nixon Street (17)
- Port Wakefield Highway (1)
- Reedy Road (7)
- Scarfe Street (9)
- Thompson Road (14)
- Torkington Place (3)
- Tozer Road (5)
