Butler SA 5605
105 addresses · 14 streets
Grey Electorate › Tumby Bay LGA › Butler · 242 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Butler is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 69 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,312 a week, with median rent near $120 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Eyre Peninsula statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Butler 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: 2.2% 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 | 2.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Butler
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 9 |
| 55-64 | 17 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Butler
| House | 24 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Butler
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Butler
| English | 31 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 29 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Irish | 8 |
| German | 7 |
Housing tenure in Butler
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Butler
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Butler
| Car | 20 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
12 bird observations recorded near Butler — most often seen:
- Brown Songlark (1)
- Common Starling (1)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (1)
- Eastern Galah (1)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (1)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (1)
- Hooded Plover (1)
- Little Raven (1)
- New Holland Honeyeater (1)
- Silvereye (1)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (1)
- Western Red Wattlebird (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 Butler:
- Moody (13.3 km)
- Wharminda (16.1 km)
- Port Neill (16.5 km)
- Ungarra (16.8 km)
- Lipson (20.8 km)
- Verran (28.1 km)
- Brooker (28.8 km)
- Cockaleechie (33 km)
Embed this suburb
Add this free Butler stat card to your own site — just copy the code:
Preview:
Cite this page
Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:
Keep an eye on Butler
One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Streets
- Brooker Road (13)
- Brooker-butler Road (6)
- Butler Centre Road (17)
- Charltons Road (2)
- Chilmans Road (25)
- Coleman Road (3)
- Dog Fence Road (1)
- East Dog Fence Road (3)
- Mount Hill Coomaba Road (11)
- Mount Hill Road (6)
- Papagalla Lane (1)
- Pfitzner Road (8)
- Prime Road (2)
- Wharminda Road (7)
